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Farmers & workers call Mununzwu home
Owned by the Henning family from 1912, expropriated into the Venda homeland in the 1980s and now awaiting the settlement of land claims, Mununzwu Estates has been part of SA's complex dynamic between land and race relations. N ow, the Hennings have undertaken a housing project to accommodate all those who call Mununzwu home, writes Peter Mashala.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Game farmers take aim at bowhunters
With a substantial backlog in the renewal of existing firearms licences, the SA Police Service (SAPS) is taking up to two years to process applications
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Breeding Brahmans: Build only on the best
Neil Haines of Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal is one of the top Brahman breeders in South Africa. Wayne Southwood visited him to find out how he managed such success in a relatively short period of time.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Canegrowers wrestle with production challenges
The South African Cane Growers' Association (Canegrowers) recently held its 2008 annual general meeting. Like many sectors in agriculture, producers are wrestling with high input costs, fluctuating prices based on international demand and local problems such as land reform. Jayne Ferguson, communications manager for CANEGROWERS, wrote this review of the 2007/08 season.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Adapting to agricultural disaster
When in late 2006, cadmium contaminated the historical pineapple fields of the Eastern Cape, it left pineapple farmers struggling to find alternative ways to generate income. Mike Burgess reports on how one farmer in the Bathurst district has adapted to the fallout.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Going beyond food miles
Exporters who cater for the UK know the importance of food miles to British consumers. But trade minister Sir Digby Jones says these measures may not be enough to satisfy UK shoppers. Alan Harman reports.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Tyre feeders: a hazard to livestock
Cattle feeding from deteriorating steel-belt tyres can ingest wires with their feed, causing hardware disease and potentially fatal infections. Alan Harman reports.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Endangered Wildlife Trust group wins Kudu award
At the recent, prestigious Kudu Awards ceremony, the Endangered Wildlife Trust's Conservation Leadership Group (CLG) was recognised for its outstanding work in capacity building and environmental education, and its contribution to conservation in rural communities.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Farmers to benefit from CPIX reshuffle
SA's consumer price inflation basket (CPIX) is being reshuffled with new weights coming into effect from 2009.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Malting barley finally linked to Safex
SABMiller has finally agreed to adapt their malting barley pricing structure by linking the price to the wheat Safex price.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Limpopo farmers share their economic reality
While farmers are forced to absorb the impact of soaring fuel and other input costs as well as platteland crime, politicians and labour unions are still quick to blame farmers for high food prices.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Fur flies at GMO round table
Biotechnology may hold the key to sustainable crop production in the face of global warming, Prof Melané Vivier from the University of Stellenbosch's Institute of Wine Biotechnology told delegates at a recent Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) round table in Cape Town.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Land Bank chairperson gets the chop
Recently appointed Land Bank chairperson Themba Langa has been removed as the chairperson and member of the Bank board of directors by agriculture and land affairs minister Lulama Xingwana.
Issue date : 18 July 2008
Issue date : 18 July 2008
townie entertains new neighbours
Epicurean meals have been consigned to history since leaving our city life. We had a chef then. How pretentious can you get?
11 July 2008
11 July 2008
‘I wanna go home!’
Research seems to indicate that the disappearance of bees from many parts of the world is the result of their exposure to genetically modified crops, writes Abré J Steyn.
Issue date : 11 July 2008
Issue date : 11 July 2008
Short-cut samoosas
Issue date : 11 July 2008
Yellow leaf curl virus not the end
Yellow leaf curl virus has swept through the warm tomato-growing areas of the world, and the effects have been devastating.
Issue date : 11 July 2008
Issue date : 11 July 2008
Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood
Talk is cheap, but our daily environment is fraught with cultural, language and emotional barriers leading to major misunderstandings.
Issue date: 11 July 2008
Issue date: 11 July 2008
Pigeon theft!
Since an overwhelming number of rich racing pigeon fanciers have entered the sport over the last few years, cash prize money in SA has rocketed into the millions.
Agriculture is on a new wicket
Ernst Janovsky, new head of Absa AgriBusiness, speaks to David Steynberg about the financial climate in which South African farmers find themselves. While the challenges of higher input costs and rising interest rates paint a bleak picture for the future, Janovsky remains upbeat about local agriculture, saying we should focus on our export market and farmers should increase production by 35% to keep their noses ahead of costs.
Issue date : 11 July 2008
Issue date : 11 July 2008
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