Caxton Magazines

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Born of the frustration of having goods stolen from boxes in transit, a high-security packaging tape has been developed by Cape Town businessperson Ari Shpigel, to deter offenders from pilfering from boxes and then concealing the act.
Issue date: 29 August 2008

Although it was a mild winter on the Highveld, there was a rather cold period where some damage occurred. A post mortem of some of the damage will help us to prepare better for the future.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

Farming risks are unusually high and unusually prudent financing is needed to protect your business and way of life'.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

There's great optimism over the South African Farm Workers Association (SAFWA), as it takes the farmworker's wellbeing to heart and aims to empower the worker, leaving the farmer free to concentrate on farming again. Glenneis Erasmus talked to Shawn MacKenzie, chairperson of the association.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

Issue date : 29 August 2008

A recent visit to the Mpumalanga Lowveld came as a shock to vegetable producer Bill Kerr, as the once subtropical paradise starts showing the cracks of a land reform process gone horribly wrong. Everyone agrees, land must be transferred, but there are better ways to go about it.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

Soil expert Neal Kinsey calls phosphorous the 'workhorse' in plant nutrition, because of its important role in cell division and enlargement, photosynthesis and energy transference. It's associated with winter hardiness, disease resistance, efficient plant water use, early maturity and maximum yields. Glenneis Erasmus reports.
Issue date : 29 August 2009

'A BEE project can only succeed if you believe in it,' says Philip Retief, marketing manager of the family wine farm and recognised wine brand name Van Loveren, based near Robertson in the Western Cape. The Retief family have farmed along the Breede River between Robertson and Bonnievale since 1937 and attribute their success to, among other things, happy workers - and a philosophy that has contributed to an award as national winner of the AGRIBEE Showcasing Event Competition earlier this year, writes Wouter Kriel.

Growing crops on marginal lands can be a mug's game, and Free State farmer Llewellyn Angus has found a better use for them - as pasture for a thriving cattle and sheep enterprise. Annelie Coleman reports.
Issue date : 29 August 2009

Climate change could wipe out some beneficial insect species while opening new areas to pests, Dr Sue Taylor of the WWF told Roelof Bezuidenhout.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

Klein Karoo International (KKI) Abattoir in Oudtshoorn was named the best agricultural business in the southern Cape for the past 12 months, at a recent Professional Management Review (PMR) event in Mossel Bay.
29 August 2008