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Massive water tariff hikes predicted
Farmers should brace themselves for a hefty hike in water tariffs next year. The increase will help foot the bill of a massive budget shortfall for the upkeep and development of water resource infrastructure.
Wild Mussel Soup
Ever since the strandlopers strolled down KZN beaches thousands of years ago, collecting, cooking and eating the shellfish they gathered from the rocks, wild mussels have been an integral part of the earliest South African cuisine. These days you need a licence which limits you to 40 mussels a day. Here’s just one of the wonderful things you can do with them.
Flash trading ‘needs regulation’
Maize producers are concerned about the effect of a relatively new computerised commodity trading practice known as ‘flash trading’ and its effect on grain markets.
Common sense beats technology
A cow’s needs can be determined through sound basic observations.
Seven good reasons to legalise rhino horn trade
My passion is breeding rhino. I don’t need the rhino horn trade legalised, but the rhino certainly does.
Nature vs science – stocking the Karoo – Unbelievable
I can’t believe what I see! Calling this scientific research to determine the sustainability of Karoo veld under these low stocking rates that has ruined the ecology of the Karoo in the first place is totally unbelievable!
Nature vs science – stocking the Karoo – Stop wasting time
The article, the trial, the thinking of the academics involved and the conclusions can only be described as pathetic. Firstly, the terminology used is incorrect.
Beating the scourge of PRRS
A genetic marker shows a pig’s susceptibility to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.
Keep your ewes longer
The reproductive performance of a sheep flock can be improved significantly if farmers retain their best ewes for an extra year or two.
Vaccines straining to keep up with viruses
The African Horse Sickness Trust has dismissed a claim by DA spokesperson for agriculture, Annette Steyn, that vaccines produced by state-run Onderstepoort Biological Products, (OBP) for the deadly African horse sickness (AHS), are ineffective.
Honeybee food sources running out fast
Commercially farmed honeybee colonies play a crucial role the pollination of fruit crops in the Western Cape.
Green Paper on Land Reform found lacking
Professor of Political Sciences at UNISA, Dirk Kotzé, who was a speaker at the Bien Donné Agri Cape Week in Paarl, criticised the Green Paper on Land Reform for having too little substance.
Guava industry worried about wilting 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.
No money to implement suggestions in Land Reform Green Paper
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) does not have the money to implement the suggestions in the Green Paper on Land Reform.
Strikes at co-ops end after two weeks
A two weeks strike action at six agricultural companies and co-ops has ended with compromise being reached between strikers and their employers.
Farmer’s Weekly writer wins an award
Lindi van Rooyen, Johannesburg-based reporter for Farmer’s Weekly, has been named one of 10 Young Leaders in agricultural writing.
Carp fishing is cool!
Carp is SA’s most popular freshwater fish with both competitive and recreactional anglers, due to its abundance and size, writes Eugene Kruger.
Sprint strategies for winners
Pigeon sprint racing refers to the distance flown, not the velocity, notes Thomas Smit.
Cross-flow turbines free farm from Eskom
In 1974, the Brak River, a tributary of the Great Fish River near Cradock was transformed from a tiny stream into a fast-flowing river when water from the Orange-Fish Tunnel was released into it. This has allowed the Colletts of Grassridge Farm to produce 52kW of three-phase electricity from cross-flow turbines. Mike Burgess reports.
Imprint training for a foal
Building a relationship of trust and respect from day one will be
a life-changing experience for you and your foal, writes Kim Dyson.
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