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Land reform backfires on emerging farmers
Bongani Linda farms with sugar cane in the Stanger district on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. As a beneficiary of the land reform programme, he bought a farm in 2002. He has since developed his land and personal profile in the farming community.
No-till & biological farming: winning combination
Australian farmers are becoming increasingly disappointed with minimum tillage, but combining it with biological production methods may remedy the shortfall. At a Swartland Small Grain Development Group meeting held recently in Moorreesburg, agricultural
Ducks are no idyll
Heneleen Stewart is the Duck Lady, a popular duck producer in Shongweni,near Durban. But with imports threatening the industry, Eskom powercuts killing ducklings and lack of government support, her profit margins are down to 4%,and other duck producers
What the numbers say about top dairy farmers
Agricultural consultant Penderis validates with statistics that the spending habits of successful dairy farmers in KwaZulu-Natal are skewed toward putting money into genetics - an expense that shouldn't be sacrificed. Robyn Joubert reports.
A-grade butchery adds value
The fourth generation on a mixed farm in Richmond, Vikki and Micky Ker-Fox, are carving a niche for themselves with an upmarket butchery that uses hormone-free beef and mutton sourced on Vikki's parents' farms. And they're introducing
an innovative
Forage sorghum for bio ethanol
The idea of Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources is receiving massive attention in industrialised countries.
Issue date: 25 April 2008
Issue date: 25 April 2008
Zimbabwe – a nation in limbo
With the MDC's reported majority in parliament, a cornered Mugabe is becoming more dangerous and inciting war veterans to step up the violence and land grabs, all in the name of the 'revolution'. Meanwhile the MDC is emerging as the voice of reason
Maersk ensures more transparent shipping costs
Exporters and importers can now use a new fair and transparent bunker adjustment factor (BAF) when shipping their products. Shipping company Maersk Line introduced the new formula after bunker prices tripled in the last three years.
Issue date: 25
Issue date: 25
World’s cotton stock dwindling
Cotton prices were unusually volatile during March, falling from US$0,90/lb at the start of the month to 0,74/lb towards the end of the month.
Issue date: 25 April 2008
Issue date: 25 April 2008
MPO investigates milk dumping by Uruguay
"The Milk Producers' organisation (MPO) is concerned about cheap dairy products currently being imported from Uruguay," said Etienne Terre'Blanche, MD for the MPO, at a recent dairy day in Swellendam, Western Cape.
Issue date: 25 April 2008
Issue date: 25 April 2008
Citrus farmers and mega-reserve go bio
The Baviaanskloof Mega-reserve (BMR) and the Gamtoos Valley's citrus industry have jointly launched a biodiversity citrus initiative. The initiative is based on the Western Cape wine industry's successful biodiversity model.
Issue date: 25 April
Issue date: 25 April
Citrus prices looking up, but it won’t fix the industry
"Long-term citrus production will decline despite current excellent international prices," said Justin Chadwick, chairperson of the Citrus Growers' Association of southern Africa have stressed that last season's high price levels should continue
Trial claims proof of increased yield by Bt
It's possible for genetically modified (GM) maize to increase average yield by as much as 20%.
Issue date: 25 April 2008
Issue date: 25 April 2008
New Bill does not imply Zim-style land grabs
The Expropriation Amendment Bill has been sharply criticised as being a violation of the constitution.
Issue date: 25 April 2008
Issue date: 25 April 2008
Gentle manipulations
The word chiropractic comes from two Greek words kheir, which means "hand", and praktikos, which means "practical". Daniel Palmer was a healer who started a school to teach this system of complementary medicine.
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Issue date: 18 April 2008
How to survive the cost squeeze
There are various ways for farmers to limit the effect of expected future cost increases on their businesses.
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Three-year bare patch beats ryegrass
Alan Harman reports that a non-crop phase can help crop farmers practically eliminate ryegrass. He quotes David Ferris of Weeds CRC.
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Karoo grazing experiment update
After years of experiments, farmer Andr� Lund champions ultra-high-intensity strip grazing in the Karoo. Roelof Bezuidenhout finds out why.
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Hot on the chilli market
When the Morars moved to a plot outside Walkerville they had planned to plant a lemon tree or two and spend their days sitting in the shade. That was nearly 20 years ago and neither Dilip nor Anita could have imagined that their property would become the
