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South Africa: governmentally empty?

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 – necessary nutrient

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.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

One rung up the Value ladder

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.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Lesotho does green tillage

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

Natural veld: the backbone of beef & mutton economics

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

Natural veld: the backbone of beef & mutton economics

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

How the Winks brought cranes to Barkly

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

What GAP wants Bev Gregory of Business Quality Solutions recently addressed farm

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

Agri Mega Week 2008 – A high profile for a high value expo

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

Dairy outlook discussed at Alltech workshop

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

Cotton and soya yields could double by 2030

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

Milk buyers and retailers under fire for lack of commitment

The current CRISIS IN THE dairy industry demands that each player in the value chain shoulders their responsibility," said Dean Kleinhans, the Milk Producers' Organisation (MPO) Western Cape chairperson.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Impact of BEE to be researched

Organised agriculture in SA has called for in-depth, objective research into the value of the "continuing consequences principle" of Black Economic Empowerment, versus the "once empowered, always empowered principle",
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Court upholds Agricultural Employers’ Organisation’s deregistration appeal

the Agricultural Employers' Organisation (AEO) appeal against its deregistration was upheld with costs by Judge Molahlehi in the Labour Court last month.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Trade union tackles proposed amendments to land bill

The Trade union Solidarity's Institute for Constitutional and Labour Law Studies (ICLLS) has delivered strong criticism to the portfolio committee on agriculture and land affairs against the proposed Provision of Land and Assistance Amendment Bill
Issue date : 12 Sept 2008

Stop the expropriation threats,’ say farmers’ unions The Director General of

The Director General of land affairs and former chief land claims commissioner Tozi Gwanya now blames the dismal failure of more than half of South Africa's land reform projects on the fact that government bought only land and didn't acquire farms as going concerns.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

‘Expropriation fight far from over’ – Ad Hoc Committee Although the Ad Hoc

Although the Ad Hoc Committee for the Defence of Property Rights has noted the withdrawal of the Expropriation Bill, it regards it as insufficient.
Issue date : 12 Sept 2008

Wild orchids The winter rainfall species

Fire is an important element in orchid ecology. Most orchids flower profusely in the first season after a fire when competition for sunlight and moisture is reduced, writes Cameron McMaster.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

townie – Jan’s going for gold

By the time you read this, the olympics will be history. Beijing will have returned to a cloud of smog as industries resume their relentless race to take first place in the world's most polluted city.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

Our living fossils dying

On the half-submerged log of a fallen fir-tree sat a huge dragonfly that had just freed itself from its old skin, after crawling out of the swamp as a nymph. It was drying its quivering new wings that had an enormous span of almost 30cm.
Issue date: 29 August 2008
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