Caxton Magazines

Food is still getting more expensive, with the prices of products such as peanut butter having increased by 20,5%, spaghetti by 53% and margarine by 50% since July 2007 to July 2008. Sunflower oil is up 99% up, dairy products up 18%, meat 14% and vegetables have increased by 16% over the same period.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

ANC treasurer general Matthews Phosa told delegates at a Freedom Front Plus conference on Afrikaner poverty that market forces were the best way for government to obtain land in SA.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

There must be many populations of rare orchid on isolated farms that have yet to be discovered. In this article Cameron McMaster explains why it's necessary to track them down and conserve them.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

It's officially Spring, and not just because the calendar says so. All the other signs are also there - blossoms on the fruit trees and the first sleepy puff adder emerging from its winter hibernation to bask in the sun
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Through the thin gauze window of the tent we watched the stars that were like pin-pricks in the black belly of the night.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Talk about Italian cooking to most new cooks and the only dish that comes to mind is pasta. But gnocchi, made from potatoes, should be just as famous. Many cuisines feature potatoes - French fries, Jewish latkes, American hash browns, Swiss rösti - so it was inevitable that cooks as imaginative as the Italians would make their unique contribution as well. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing gnocchi - one of the most exciting food-related things you can do with a couple of potatoes.
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This is the season when signs of bolting start in many crops. Farmers speculate about the likelihood of this happening to various crops on the back of a warm winter and one cold snap.
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As the smallest of the "big four" banks and bucking the centralisation trend, Nedbank is perfectly positioned to provide customised service, Rico Basson, Nedbank's divisional manager for agriculture tells Sharon Götte.
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Urbanisation will increase the demand for food and decrease food supply, while the urbanised consumer will demand different products.
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Dr Jan du Plessis of Intersearch Strategic Management Intelligence says South Africa will require more than good politics to repair government's functional decay. Roelof Bezuidenhout reports.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Nitrogen is one of the most important plant nutrients as it plays a vital role in the formation of chlorophyll, proteins, amino acids and the formation of nucleic acids. It's part of every living cell, but it's often either under- or over-utilised. Neal Kinsey talks to Glenneis Erasmus about this nutrient.
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Lettuce farm Waterfield is one of the biggest hydroponic farms in KZN, but they've still benefited from buying in produce like pumpkin and carrots for a freshly prepared vegetable line, writes Robyn Joubert.
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Conservation agriculture (CA) could solve Lesotho's problems of limited arable land, production limited by communal farming and erosion. It has their government's full support, but can it be established successfully? Peter Hittersay reports.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Complementing his pastures on marginal lands, Llewellyn Angus employs the Ermelo veld-management system to improve his livestock carrying capacity and grass yield, writes Annelie Coleman.
12 September 2008

Complementing his pastures on marginal lands, Llewellyn Angus employs the Ermelo veld-management system to improve his livestock carrying capacity and grass yield, writes Annelie Coleman.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Cattle farmer Thero Wink and his wife Anri's passion for the environment led them to build a crane sanctuary on their farm, boosting crane populations in the Barkly East district, writes Orrock Robertsen.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Bev Gregory of Business Quality Solutions recently addressed farmers' qualms about GAP certification, and gave a brief overview of the basic requirements of becoming Global GAP certified. Robyn Joubert reports.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

The final arrangements for Agri Mega Week 2008 are in full swing and the new FNB Auditorium at Park is being prepared to host a number of indabas scheduled to take place at the show, which runs from 17 to 20 September.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

PRODUCERS CAN EXPECT FEED PRICES TO decline slightly over the long term due to the effect of the biofuel industry, said Marius Nel, an Absa agricultural economist, at the recent Alltech Top Herds workshop in Stellenbosch.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Between 2008 and 2012, Monsanto USA will launch multiple game-changing technologies and create greater growth from seeds and traits. So said Monsanto president Hugh Grant on 12 August,
Issue date : 12 September 2008