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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blood, sweat & tears by koos coetzee

Chances are good the Reserve Bank will increase interest rates again in June. Farmers would do well to use this year's higher income to reduce their debt.
Issue date : 06 June 2008

Pannar plans another 50 years of quality

The SA-based Pannar Group celebrates its 50th birthday this year. Having grown into an internationally recognised, quality commercial seed producer and supplier of other agri-inputs, Pannar is already planning ahead for the next 50 years. MD Deon van Rooyen, reviews past highlights and gives his take on the future of his company.
Issue date : 06 June 2008

Swartland Canola Farmer of the year

Dirk Lesch is the 2007 Swartland Canola Farmer of the Year with an average yield of 2,32t/ha and the best gross margins of R5 957/ha on his farm, 12km outside Malmesbury. Wouter Kriel writes.
Issue date : 06 June 2008

Inspiration to new farmers – Jacob Mphafudi

North West province cattleman Jacob Leburu Mphafudi rebounded after his first herd was wiped out by poison leaf, to become the 2007 Pick 'n Pay/Landbouweekblad Emerging Breeder of the Year. He now farms with 750 cows on two separate farms and holds a series of awards for conservation as well as his quality cattle, writes Peter Mashala.
Issue date : 06 June 2008

Shareholders build the African dream

Veterinarian Ulf Tubbesing and business partner Miena Mans have pledged their 10 000ha farm Ongos to develop a 50 000ha, privately held conservation area bordering Windhoek, Namibia, introducing wild game species and reversing bush encroachment. Now Ulf is starting an innovative shareholding initiative to finance the next step of his endeavour. Servaas van den Bosch reports.
Issue date: 06 June 2008

Animal husbandry in overdrive

Sky-rocketing input costs are forcing the livestock industry to adapt to different practices. Genetic technology takes the lead, creating more efficient breeds that will likely replace old breeds, while feedlots will be forced to use breeds maturing even earlier. Prof Frikkie Neser of the University of the Free State's Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences has investigated this phenomenon, writes Roelof Bezuidenhout.
Issue date : 06 June 2008

Umtiza Farmers’ Corp, the farmer-friendly centres

After years as an independent agriculture and forestry contractor in the former homelands of the Eastern Cape, Orrock Robertsen was taken aback by Umtiza - a company offering farmers access to supplies, resources and support. Orrock explains.
Issue date : 06 June 2008

Smoothing rockies’ road

Alien fish and human-wrought habitat changes are threatening the Eastern Cape rocky, an almost extinct member of the rare labyrinth fish family endemic to just six Eastern Cape river systems. Mike Burgess spoke to Jim Cambray and Greg Briggs, on the frontlines of the fight to save this unique species.
Issue date: 06 June 2008

The salt of the earth

Without good drainage, irrigation farming is threatened by soil salinisation. But in areas where it's needed most, drainage may only be affordable with government assistance. Roelof Bezuidenhout spoke to Dr Jack Armour.
Issue date : 06 June 2008

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