Caxton Magazines
Leave it to business
“It is the height of conceit for the government to believe it can devise a system that will work better than an unimpeded market.”
Great cheese from the Great Karoo
In the Great Karoo you will encounter roughly one human for every 100 sheep, but Francy and Peter Schoeman from Langbaken farm near Williston are breaking the mould with their small herd of Jersey cows and cheesery. Denene Erasmus visited them.
Guava industry worried about disease outbreak
Guava producers in the Western Cape are looking forward to a better year after difficult weather conditions during 2011 caused massive crop losses.
A realistic look at the jackal problem in SA
I am fortunate to travel and offer hunting courses throughout South Africa. Generally, members of the public who take offence when we kill jackal have absolutely no idea as to how bad the jackal problem really is.
What a butternut!
I am a caterer in Bloemfontein and have a small garden where I throw all my veggie and fruit offcuts, peels, etc.
One happy DTV winner
The winner of our DTV competition that ran from 7 October to 31 December tells his story.
Mulder must take responsibility
During 2011, assisted by Roelof Bezuidenhout, I wrote a few articles for Farmer’s Weekly on land reform viewed through my Zim crystal ball.
This tractor has Seoul!
With 75kW tractors becoming more popular, local farmers need look
no further than South Korea’s TYM range. Joe Spencer reports.
Co-existence: leopards & farmers
Farmers and leopards living peacefully together might sound impossible, especially if you’re farming in the Southern Cape, where predation seems rife. But a new study suggests that leopards in the George-Wilderness region seldom eat livestock if other prey is available. Leopard researcher Alexander Braczkowski reports.
A rapid rise to success
GJT Lofts had an incredible season in 2011 thanks, in part, to a solid foundation of ‘super pigeons’. Thomas Smit reports.
Poisonous plants
Horses generally avoid toxic plants, but owners need to know how to identify them in order to avoid serious mishaps, writes Kim Dyson.
9 ways to dispose of plastic containers
Any container that once held pesticides or chemicals can be dangerous and must be properly disposed of.
Registering as a VAT vendor
This is a big step to take, but the rules involved are fairly easy to understand.
Sheep farmers, get wise!
Add value to your lambs with quality forage – and increase profits by finishing them to market.
Meat rabbits good for the bottom line
Today’s high cost of living sometimes means that a single income source just doesn’t cut it. Sigrid Lemmer turned to part-time meat rabbit production. She talks to Lloyd Phillips.
Understanding spray mixtures
With spray adjuvants, many farmers think that mixing a sticker and a wetter/spreader into the water are the same thing. This is certainly not true.
To frack or not to frack?
Shell recently released a groundwater atlas of the Karoo as part of its ongoing campaign to win approval for shale gas exploration in the Karoo. Prof Maarten de Wit, geologist and director of the Africa Earth Observatory Network (AEON), says we need to do our own research but we lack the expertise. Roelof Bezuidenhout reports.
World food prices drop slightly
What goes up, must come down, but farmers must be careful not to make long-term decisions based on the current short-term drop in world food prices.
Pizza and oven-dried tomatoes
Here’s the good news about two do-it-yourself cooking projects. Pizza needs no introduction. And oven-dried tomatoes are an outstanding addition to pizzas, salads
and casseroles.
The adventure of the bothersome blowfly
No matter what you’re hunting, make sure you use the right weapon before you pull the trigger – or the results could be unpleasant, especially for bystanders, as Leon von Caues discovered.
