Caxton Magazines
New Expropriation Bill: serious threat?
All countries expropriate land to ensure that essential infrastructure such as dams, roads, railway lines and airports are built. What may be hurting the individual is considered to have a public purpose that is for the greater good of society.
Still cracking a whip in Somerset East
The crack of a whip is not only as iconic a country sound as the crowing of a rooster or the starting up of a diesel engine, but as Mike Burgess learns from legendary whipmaker Oom Hennie Greyling, whips are also deeply entrenched in our rural heritage.
World-class Boerenkaas from the Eastern Cape
After making cheese for barely a year and a half, tragic circumstances led the young Estelle McDonald to take the reins of the successful De Pekelaar Dairy
in the Eastern Cape. Now, she�s master of a product that requires timing and technique to mainta
Springbok ranching: better than smallstock?
Many smallstock farmers toy with the idea of adding springbok to their operations, but information on managing commercial herds is scarce. A new study shows springbok have great commercial potential, but offer a whole new set of complex challenges.
The education of a neighbour
Livestock farmers and new game ranchers are often uneasy neighbours and not without reason, writes Roelof Bezuidenhout.
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Mohair�s micron madness
SA�s mohair clip is down by millions of kilograms and producers are leaving the industry in droves. Has breeding (or inbreeding) for finer fleeces further debilitated the fragile Angora goat and can the industry ever return to farming with a fine, hardy
Management guide needed for Namaqualand
The Botanical Society’s Namaqua District Products’ Project (NDP) says the Karoo region needs its own livestock- grazing management guidelines.
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Neighbour states poach our farmers
A productivity drought looms for South Africa’s agricultural sector as more commercial farmers leave to farm in neighbouring countries, which go out of their way to accommodate them. While government is drafting legislation and policies to get commercial
Neighbour states poach our farmers
A productivity drought looms for South Africa’s agricultural sector as more commercial farmers leave to farm in neighbouring countries, which go out of their way to accommodate them. While government is drafting legislation and policies to get commercial
KZN police excel in recovering stolen stock
As a result of Hard work by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Stock Theft Recovery Team since the beginning of 2007, livestock to the value of R4,89 million has been recovered from the hands of stock thieves.
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Issue date: 18 April 2008
New soya bean plant’s development aims dependent on government
A R1,5 billion soya bean processing plant is being built at the new Eastern Cape port of Coega, with the hope of stimulating soya bean production and producing biofuel from soya oil.
Issue date: 18 April 2008
Issue date: 18 April 2008
AgriBEE charter scorecard fails to add up
The AgriBEE charter has finally been gazetted after nearly four years of extensive consultation, giving the agricultural sector a framework within which to adopt BEE. But much disappointment and confusion still exists around the scorecard which, according
Organic markets: a force to be reckoned with
Environmentally friendly PRODUCE is becoming mainstream. According to the Mintel International Group, a global distributor of consumer media and market research, organic food sales in the US have grown by 132%, while organic beverage sales nearly doubled
Employment in the agricultural sector is in decline
Statistics South Africa’s September 2007 Labour Force Survey shows that employment in the local, formal agricultural sector had increased year on year since late 2005, but also found that since 2001 overall employment figures in the sector had declined.
Rates valuations highlight administrative flaws in Limpopo
In Tzaneen, Polokwane and Lephalale farmers and municipalities have reached agreement on the way in which the Municipal Property Rates Act will be implemented. In the agreement takes the form of an approved policy document detailing how tax will be struct
Fabaceae peas and pods
This family found around the world includes
some species useful as fodder and medicinal crops.
Issue date: 11 April 2008
Issue date: 11 April 2008
Townie & cattle grids
I�d love to know which bright spark invented the cattle grid! Probably some farmer somewhere got sick and tired of having to get out of his vehicle (an ox wagon, perhaps) to open a gate.
Issue date: 11 April 2008
Issue date: 11 April 2008
Beware: a curry dish to thai for!
To start, note the curious SHAPE OF THE MAKRUD, OR THAI LIME, LEAVES. In the larger cities, these can be found fresh or dried in Asian supermarkets, but if you struggle to find them, you can always substitute standard lime or lemon leaves.
Issue date: 11 April 2008
Issue date: 11 April 2008
Pre-season management
For most SA organisations the 2008 racing pigeon season starts in May and ends in October. There are anything from 20 to 30 race events on the various provinces� programmes.
Issue date: 11 April 2008
Issue date: 11 April 2008
Broker boss upbeat about farming
Wool broker BKB has released its best financial results ever. Managing director, Wolf Edmayr, talks to Roelof Bezuidenhout about how they achieved this, and how they plan to build on it.
Issue date: 11 April 2008
Issue date: 11 April 2008
