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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.
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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.
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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.
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Under the theme "Spring Fever", this year's Pretoria show promises to have something for every interest.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

A agricultural MACHINERY SALES trends watcher, Agfacts, recently revealed that over the past 13 years, the country's farmers have been buying more powerful and newer tractors.
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The new wool season is about to open amid speculation about how the slower global economic growth will affect consumer demand for clothing, according to Ona Viljoen of Cape Wools.
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"Better control at neighbouring countries' borders, means that we can better protect our local industries against illegal imports and trade.
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To survive high input costs and price volatility in the current agricultural market farmers have to invest and expand their operations, Ernst Janovsky, head of Absa's agribusiness division, told farmers at an Agri Lephalale meeting in Limpopo recently.
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The WaterbErg District Agricultural Union (DAU) has rejected the Bela Bela municipal budget for 2008/09 and has asked the minister of Provincial and Local Government, Sidney Mufamadi, to intervene by putting an end to the municipality's unlawful implementation of the Municipal Property Rates Act.
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Land Claims Commission officials in Limpopo are reneging on signed purchase offers for properties under claim and threatening owners with expropriation if they object to revised offers far below market value, according to reports from landowners and documents in Farmer's Weekly's possession.
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Victoria West farmers in the Northern cape are taking court action against Telkom, because they say it refuses to repair a vital telephone line in the area.
Issue date : 29 August 2009

Farmers' unions want an official audit on the amount of agricultural land available in the country and the number of hectares already transferred to black farmers. "How will we know where we stand if we don't know how much farmland we have?" said TAU SA general manager Bennie van Zyl.
Issue date : 29 August 2008