Caxton Magazines
Stock theft demands a collective effort
THE POLICE, ANTI-STOCK theft units and farmers must cooperate to combat stock theft, says Captain MS Rute, assistant coordinator of the SA Police Service (SAPS) anti-stock theft department in the Eastern Cape
Issue date: 13 June 2008
Issue date: 13 June 2008
New honey co-ops to target organic markets
Beekeepers from Baardskeerdersbos in the Overberg and Riversdale in the southern Cape have joined forces to establish organic honey cooperatives in their respective towns.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Proposed VAT holiday could kill red meat industry
Red Meat Industry Forum chairperson Dave Ford raised concern over agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana's announcement that the presidential working group on agriculture had recommended VAT be scrapped on sorghum, baby foods and chicken.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
The Royal Show’s best carcasses sold at a steal
Despite the history of some of the carcasses at this year's Royal Show Carcass auction, prices fell far short of levels achieved last year.
Issue date: 13 June 2008
Issue date: 13 June 2008
Is Karoo hail due to global warming?
An increase in the number of freak weather patterns across the world has researchers scrambling for answers.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Germans dump milk for better prices
Some 30 000 German dairy farmers are striking and pouring milk down drains to protest declining EU milk prices caused by a 2% increase in production.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Clover hopes technicality will end milk inquest
The price-fixing investigation into THE milk industry should be dropped because of a technicality, said Clover.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Agriculture turns a profit despite rate hikes
It's highly likely that interest rates will be increased by 100 basis points in June.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Zim land grabbers above the law
At 6:30AM on 7 May 2008, NINE SOLDIERS armed with AK47s, metal pipes and sticks arrived at the Grand Parade farm in Karoi North, Zimbabwe, belonging to Andrew Paul Rosslyn Stidolph and his wife and forced them off their land.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
DA withdraws from Expropriation Bill hearings
The public consultations on the Expropriation Bill that are currently underway are so deeply flawed that the Democratic Alliance (DA) has been left with no choice but to withdraw from the process.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Denorco celebrated 2anniversaries at Nampo
South African firm Denorco used Nampo 2008 to celebrate two milestones in the company's history - 60 years since the introduction of Mono pumps, and 30 years of showing at this prestigious annual show. Joe Spencer reports.
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Protecting grasslands
What's left of our pristine grasslands is under threat, now more than ever. Drastic steps need to be taken to protect them, writes Cameron McMaster.
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Issue date : 06 June 2008
townie – wired for sound
Going deaf is not something you want to admit to. I rank it alongside senility and Alzheimer's. But was constantly being asked to turn the sound down on the TV and in conversations around the dinner table or in a room full of people all talking simultaneously, could only pick up half of what the person next to me was saying.
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Issue date : 06 June 2008
ANTS – The power of solidarity
When a cold wind started to blow down the river in the direction of the sea, my whole body started to shiver violently. I was soaking wet and frozen to the bone. had been sitting up to my shirt pockets in the river's cold, dark water for at least five hours. Midnight was hardly more than an hour away. Like startled fireflies the few distant lights could see started to go out one by one.
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Butter chicken with a chilli kick
Issue date: 06 June 2008
What’s with the long face?
Even though the heading for this week's column is humorous, it's not actually funny if your horse has paralysis of the facial nerve. But it's a fairly common ailment and can be slight or very dramatic.
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Late blight the fungus on fast forward
Panic ensues if a tomato grower discovers late blight (Phytophthora infestans) on his crop. It can destroy an entire crop in a couple of days if weather conditions are favourable, while other fungus diseases at least start off gradually, giving the farmer enough time to get them under control.
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Top production is driven by top technology
'What are you doing to keep up with technology? Are you simply taking it as it comes, or do you have a plan which ensures you and your team are up to speed?'
Keeping your pigeons healthy
Sick Racing Pigeons can't produce healthy offspring and sick pigeons in a loft put other lofts at risk of contamination. Keeping our pigeons healthy is everybody's business.
Capitalists produce food for profit, not need
Capitalism leads to a situation where enough food is produced, yet poor people can't afford to buy it. So says Cosatu's national spokesperson, Patrick Craven. He says the time has come for the government to regulate food prices, because food price-fixing scandals have shown that market forces can't prevent profiteering at the expense of the poor. Annelie Coleman reports.
Issue date : 06 June 2008
Issue date : 06 June 2008
