Caxton Magazines
Crocodile farming – a controversial issue
Recent charges of animal cruelty brought against a crocodile farmer have placed single-pen farming under the spotlight. Rob Reader, former chairperson of the SA Crocodile Farmers’ Association (SACFA), speaks out about this issue.
World record blue kurper
Landing the biggest ever specimen of this exciting angling fish all those years ago was a memorable event, recalls Eugene Kruger.
Agriculture jobs creation questioned
The most recent quarterly labour force survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) show that employment in agriculture increased by 8,8% over the past year.
Land reform policy likened to socialism
Capitalism in South Africa is under attack by a ruling party that is moving towards socialism and away from private property ownership.
Stockman’s School embraces new farmers
In a first for South Africa, the Aldam Stockman’s School is offering a course for beginner farmers.
Rabies continues to claim human victims in KZN
Three people have now become victims of KwaZulu-Natal’s rabies epidemic.
The dangers of overgrazing
Ignore basic grass management principles and you’ll destroy the grazing potential of your veld for seasons to come.
Better soil means healthier plants
By improving its organic content, you can make any soil more productive, explains vegetable expert Bill Kerr.
Room to expand
Jonno Smith designs a four room house for a reader.
Farming pigs: how to get started – Part 1
Here are some basic facts you need to know before starting your own piggery.
Trip down memory lane
I was reading the Farmer’s Weekly of April 20 when I came across an item on your ‘Archive’ page entitled ‘Deafness in a horse’, written by PJA Lombard and published on 7 October 1914.
No help for people like us
I live in the Western Cape and would like to be seen as a small-scale cattle farmer. Yet I am a landless farmer known as a backyard or scatter farmer. I and others like me are not acknowledged as farmers.
The brucellosis question
The issue of certain vaccinations being introduced into the South African market is a point of serious concern. This is an open letter with no commercial or vindictive approach towards a specific product or its vendor.
Is competition law an unaffordable luxury?
In studying the symptoms of problems – such as high marketing costs, high physical losses, high transport costs – barriers to entry leads one to believe that the symptoms are in fact the problems. But what causes such problems?
Rhinos are not seahorses
I have spent most of my life involved in wildlife and have owned a number of game farms.
Vaccines produced by Onderstepoort Biological Products meet set standards
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) wishes to dismiss with contempt the media statement issued by the Democratic Alliance which sought to question the efficacy of the vaccines produced by Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP).
Farmers invited to apply for Nerpo infrastructure improvement loans
The National Emergent Red Meat Producers Organization (Nerpo) has invited smallholder farmers to start applying for the new Nerpo Farm Machinery & Infrastructural Improvement Fund, which Land Bank and the organisation believe will be a catalyst for growth and development for smallholder farmers.
Unfriendly labour laws put SA at the bottom of the list
Gauteng MEC for agriculture Nandi Mayethula-Khoza said farmers must identify which labour laws prevent them from creating more jobs on farms.
R155 million earmarked for agricultural projects in NW
North West’s agriculture and rural development MEC Desbo Mohono has earmarked R155 million for the implementation of a number of agricultural projects in her 2012/2013 policy and budget speech.
Land reform could take another 50 years
If the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) doesn’t speed up the land reform process it could take another 50 years or more to reach the target of redistributing 30% of land to the previously disadvantaged.
