Caxton Magazines
It’s all about veggies
This recipe offers a lot of options. You can make the roasted vegetables as an accompaniment for the main dish of your choice, or you can combine it with pasta to make a stand-alone meal. And finally you can decide whether or not to add the cream and cheese sauce. Believe me, each one of these suggestions is a damn fine meal.
Super breeders, superlative birds
Belgium's Herbots brothers are regarded as some of the world's top breeders, thanks to the performances of their remarkable birds, National 1 and The Leverige, writes Thomas Smit.
How to feed during drought
Feeding sheep flocks during a bad drought can be like throwing money down a bottomless pit, because no one knows when it will rain again. Jan Hoon of the Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute
offers some tips to farmers willing to take the risk. Roelof Bezuidenhout reports.
Giving your animals innoculations – part 1
An injection is the best method of administering certain medicines and vaccine. But when it's not given properly, an injection can do more harm than good.
How to protect your assets
Beware, foolish or "lazy" business decisions can
part you from your assets! And running a business in your own name can be especially dangerous.
Treating white line disease
White line disease is an infection of the hoof wall of a horse, mule or donkey, which causes it to disintegrate, writes Dr Mac.
A rare game initiative on stock farms
When Abel Erasmus bought five stock farms near Philippolis in the Free State to establish the 14 000ha
Otterskloof Private Game Reserve, he focused on breeding rare game species, including disease-free buffalo, roan antelope and sable antelope. Mike Burgess spoke to him about his success converting stock farms into a game reserve.
Nafu SNAFU
South Africa urgently needs a strong body to represent emerging farmers, and agricultural leadership should always be a case of "for farmers, by farmers", writes New on the Land editor Peter Mashala.
Isue date: 12 November 2010
Isue date: 12 November 2010
New colour solution for table grapes
Achieving good colouration in table grapes is an important marketing tool, but very warm temperatures in some of South Africa's table-grape-growing regions hamper this. Research presented at the International Table Grape Symposium suggested a new growth regulator can encourage stronger berry colour in table grapes. Denene Erasmus reports.
Is this the first blackgora?
While mohair purists advocate only pure white fibres, Roelof Bezuidenhout discovers a rare black specimen of fine quality.
Controlling bovine viral diarrhoea
Effectively controlling Bovine
viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) in cattle herds takes an integrated farm biosecurity system. This includes keeping farm fences in good condition and limiting the movement of unauthorised people and cattle on and off the farm. But a pillar of any system should be a comprehensive vaccination programme.
British police get serious about farm thefts
An unusual sight at recent agricultural events in the UK was a John Deere 6630 tractor decked out in police livery, complete with the obligatory blue light.
‘Don’t plant yourselves out of business’
Maize farmers mustn't plant themselves out of business, but rather diversify to other crops and livestock for long-term survival, says Tom van Rooyen, a 2010 Grain SA Grain Producer of the Year finalist.<
Demystifying ‘us’ and ‘them’
In the "us vs them" game no one wins, and the divide between the government and commercial farmers
has largely been created by "stone-throwing politicians", says Agri Eastern Cape president Ernest Pringle.
Meet Nerpo’s new CEO
Zimbabwean Dr Langelihle Simela recently replaced firebrand Aggrey Mahanjana as the CEO of the National Emergent Red Meat Producers Organisation (Nerpo). Peter Mashala spoke to her about unions, livestock and Nerpo.
Mines target the Free State and the North West
Reports of two prospecting licences being granted for 354 locations in the Free State and the North West have sent shockwaves through the agricultural community.
Issue date : 05 November 2010
Issue date : 05 November 2010
Milk producers aid Cedara
Fifteen years ago, Cedara was recognised as one of the best research stations in the world. But as its research capacity has declined over the years, so too have the extension services offered to commercial farmers.
African imports put pressure on fruit farmers
South Africa is one of the fastest growing fresh fruit markets in the world.
Strong leadership needed for black farmers
Some of South Africa's top black farmers are calling for strong agricultural representation and leadership that has farmers' best interests at heart, saying the National African Farmers' Union of South Africa (Nafu) hasn't adequately represented black farmers.
Proper planning can eradicate hunger in South Africa
With proper planning and production support, South Africa has the potential "for efficient domestic production and supply all year round," said agriculture minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson at the recent World Food Day summit held in Pretoria.
