Caxton Magazines
Know your cattle: Hugenoot
The Hugenoot combines the hardiness of the Afrikaner and good production of the Charolais.
Keeping hunting clients happy
South Africa is a favourite destination for US trophy hunters, but the authorities underestimate their contribution to the local economy and don't try and lure them here.
Lower final maize estimate no surprise
The Crop Estimates Committee's final estimated maize yield for South Africa's 2010/11 summer production season is 10 608 400t.
Sugar mill breathes hope into Pongola
Since buying Pongola Mill in 2009, TSB Sugar Holdings has made considerable investments in the mill and its staff and is developing its relationship with growers. This strategy promises to lay a solid foundation for the future.
Reviving Canada’s indigenous bison
The population of Canada's indigenous American plains bison is recovering after the species was nearly decimated in the late 1800s.
Those poor crooks!
A brush with theft involving young boys has Peter Mashala wondering whether poverty really is a cause of crime.
Know your cattle: Hereford
This fertile breed will up the profit potential of your cow herd.
A broker is your first investment
Investing is an art, with a view to the timing of various flows of taxable income, dividend streams, capital gains and expenditures on finance and maintenance. This means you need to find a broker who really knows what they're doing.
Different methods of marking livestock- part 2
Last week, we looked at hot-iron and freeze branding to mark livestock. This week we look at five other methods.
Know your cattle: Drakensberger
The hardy and indigenous Drakensberger is a true profit breed, known for its placid nature.
Different methods of marking livestock
Livestock can be marked to establish ownership. One method of permanent marking you can use is branding.
Making monoculture work
To many farmers and home gardeners, crop rotation is a holy grail – they’ll never plant the same crop consecutively in the same ground.
How to plant and harvest a sweet potato crop
Last week, we discussed how sweet potatoes are grown in the warm season and should be planted from October to December, although this can be extended up to March in frost-free areas.
Northern Cape’s mentorship success!
The Jagpan Vernootskap Boerdery is a mentorship programme that's successfully partnered four emerging farmers in a Dorper sheep enterprise that's won many awards. But Jagpan's farming future isn't secure, because government won't let the group buy the leased land it's been farming on. Heather Dugmore visited them.
Take, take, take
Politicians talk about righting injustice... and then they buy expensive cars and mansions, while the poor they're supposed to serve, live in squalor.
One good shot
Hunting with a handgun isn't for everyone, but the satisfaction is so much greater, says Abré J Steyn.
Selecting cattle for breeding
When choosing cattle for breeding, look out for positive traits that will be passed on to the offspring. And avoid negative traits.
The biosynthesis of milk
If we want our dairy cows to produce more and better milk, we need to understand how they synthesise milk in the first place.
Pushing forward against all odds
Johannes Tshoke has risen above stock theft, the problems of farming on communal land, a lack of money and other challenges to get his own farm. He is now set on becoming a commercial farmer in the hope of leaving a legacy for his children. Peter Mashala visited him.
Catching foot-and-mouth disease early will mean fewer cattle culled
A new study indicates that if FMD-affected cattle are promptly identified and removed from the herd, there may be no need for pre-emptive culling in the immediate area of an infected farm.
