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Forming strong ties
My late father was a subscriber to Farmer’s Weekly, and as a young child, I became a member of Aunt Betty’s Corner, a children’s page in the magazine (I still have my membership certificate tucked away somewhere!).
The secrets of our granddad
I live in a big city, with huge industrial sites and plants. It’s truly one big concrete jungle.
The new generation of boervrouens
The letter is in reference to Brangus Kings and the cover girl article (16 March, pg 48 and 52).
An adoption
After the mother of one of my Black Brangus calves died of redwater, it was adopted by another Black Brangus cow who was already rearing twins!
Help them help you
Two articles in the media caught my attention recently. The first was the plight of farmers who are continually being murdered because the commandos were disbanded.
Dr Pieter Mulder on agriculture
“What an extremely unreasonable and mischievous twisting of my speech.”
Workshop for Soil Health at Bien Donné Agri Cape Week 2012
Healthy soil is important and a universal prerequisite for all farming activities over the spectrum from fruit and vineyards to animal production and pasture.
Focus on transformation
Commercial and new farmers will share their success stories regarding sustainable agri transformation with each other at the Bien Donné Agri Cape Week Expo that takes place at the ARC Research Farm near Simondium from 19 - 21 April.
Do it yourself
Some of us have a tendency to blame the government for many of our country’s woes and then, in the same breath, expect the government to fix almost every imaginable ailment in the country.
Born to Kill
Drama and tragedy plays out in the nest of the little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) as part of nature’s endless dance of life and death, writes Abré J Steyn.
Working conditions on Boland farms wrongfully portrayed
Agri Wes Cape is concerned that a statement released by the Department of Labour (DoL) about recent inspections conducted on farms in the Paarl area might be a deliberate attempt to create a false impression about the state of working and living conditions on farms in the province.
Land policy tussle
Current agricultural and land reform policies are not workable and fair, and sometimes don’t make any sense.
Government engaging Vietnamese on rhino poaching
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) said it is engaging with different national governments to find solutions to rhino poaching, which has already seen 150 rhinos killed illegally since the beginning of the year.
Red meat producers struggle as drought continues
Sporadic rain over the summer rainfall region of South Africa resulted in pockets of drought in virtually every district in the area.
Skins: don’t throw good money away!
Make extra profit by salting skins and selling them as soon as possible, writes Roelof Bezuidenhout.
Building with wood
Jonno designs a wooden ranch house for a farm family.
Game industry wants legal rhino horn trade
The decline in rhino numbers is a direct result of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species’ (Cites) ban on rhino horn trade, according to Dr Herman Els, manager of Hunting and Conservation at the SA Hunters and Game Conservation Association (SAHGCA).
Map to protect birds from wind energy installations welcomed
An Avian Wind Farm Sensitivity Map has been welcomed by South Africa’s Wind Energy Association.
Solidarity now also demands priority crime rating for farm attacks
Trade union, Solidarity, has puts its support behind efforts to have farm attacks and farm murders declared a priuorty crime.
Forestry sector unhappy with new minimum wages
The South African forestry sector wants labour productivity to be commensurate with new minimum wages.
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