Caxton Magazines
A closer look at a winner
The Case IH Quadtrac 600 recently picked up a 2012 AE50 Award.
Joe Spencer reports.
The curse of the crooked legs
Dr Mac discusses how to make sure your horse’s legs are ‘straight’ and how to identify and deal with ‘crooked legs’.
Advice from a pro fancier
Champion fancier Chris Van Jaarsveldt talks to Thomas Smit.
‘Allow us to stay incompetent’
Managers at the Department of Rural Development & Land Reform have refused to sign peformance agreements. Surely it’s time for a major shake-up?
How to raise Boer Goat kids
Boer Goat kids demand care and management for the first few weeks after birth. If you fail to look after them properly during this important stage, you could easily lose up to half of them.
Flexibility – the name of the game
Flexibility is key to breeding cows and managing livestock guardian dogs on his mountain sourveld farm, David Stern tells Heather Dugmore.
Why agents should attend farmers’ days
Most good market agents make sure they attend as many farmers’ days as possible.
Honeybush Tea: a taste of success
SA’s honeybush industry holds great potential. Thanks to careful selection, Van Zyl and Mona Joubert of Bredasdorp have good plant material, putting them ahead of the game.
Marketing milk
How to do more to promote the benefits of milk to the public – and thereby improve profits all round.
Getting transplants ready for planting
If your transplanted seedlings don’t perform according to expectations, the tendency is to blame the condition of the plants. The nursery is then accused of providing old or ‘root bound’ seedlings.
Italian chicken with herbs and mushrooms
The love affair with Italian cooking continues with plump and seductive thighs enhanced by herbs, mushrooms and olives. A real classic!
Karoo’s small cats tread softly
Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes) and African wild cat (Felis silvestris lybica) populations are under threat from diminishing prey bases, degraded habitats, persecution, disease and hybridisation. To better understand Africa’s smallest cats, Mike Burgess visited Marion Holmes and Dr Mircea Pfleiderer near Cradock in Eastern Cape.
The passion of bassin’
The hobby of bass fishing takes place from the river bank and entails much more than simply putting your line in the water, writes Eugene Kruger.
Timber industry very concerned about AARTO implications
The South African timber industry is concerned that proposed road traffic legislation together with the requirements of its associated Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act will threaten the industry’s functioning and profitability.
Drought – price drop
Sporadic drought and the retail industry’s reluctance to pass on lower prices to the consumer caused a serious red meat price drop. It is feared that farmers will be forced off their farms if prices do not pick up soon.
Mine admits guilt and coughs up for farmer
A Mpumalanga farmer has triumphed over a coal mine in a case that has set a legal precedent for mines who don’t comply with the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA).
Specialise – and become an expert
When Farmer’s Weekly visited Kobela Mokgohlwa in 2010, he farmed hydroponically with tomatoes and green peppers in three tunnels, and had a small feedlot. But things have since changed. Peter Mashala investigates.
Introducing farm band, Plassmoord
You won’t find the agricultural district of Koedoesrand on many maps, and the folks who live and farm there like it that way. Sean Christie chanced upon a Koedoesrand garage band consisting of brothers (and farmers), Will (31) and Chris Coetsee (33), and documentary cameraman-cum-farmer Gideon Swart (47). They explain why they called the band ‘Plaasmoord’.
Make your products stand out
In the 1970s, a Tzaneen farmer started growing a small but tasty variety of pawpaw called a papino.
A new way of controlling pom pom weed
This invasive alien plant is difficult to destroy, but trials at Nyoka Wildlife Conservation have shown good results, writes Dave Vanderspuy.
