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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Property rates not a once-off negotiation

Negotiations with some municipalities to apply the Municipal Property Rates Act according to draft guidelines published by the Department of Provincial Affairs and Local Government, have been successful in some provinces. In others, however, unbalance

SA cheese conquers world championships

Simonsberg’s low-fat cream cheese was named Best of Class in its category at the 2008 World Championship Cheese Contest held recently in Wisconsin in the US.
Issue date: 11 April 2008

No deal for SeaArk

The legitimacy of a recent SeaArk Africa business deal has been questioned by the same company with which they are said to have clinched the deal. Earlier this year SeaArk Africa said it had signed an agreement with a major Saudi Arabian marine company t

SA’s latest blueprint for land reform

Government has released yet another land plan. Unlike its failed predecessors, the Land and Agrarian Reform Project (LARP) takes a more practical approach to speeding up land reform with the intention of maintaining productivity by insisting on cooperativ

Doubt that Aussie wool boycott will push up prices

South African wool buyers Doubt the banning of Australian wool by some European companies, because of mulesing, will have an effect on the wool market, as China buys up nearly 70% of Australia’s wool clip.
Issue date: 11 April 2008

Experts say biofuel and food shouldn’t be in competition

This year’s African Biofuel Conference saw a continuation of the debate around biofuel’s influence on food security and food inflation.
Issue date: 11 April 2008

Gwanya lays down land law

The Newly appointed Land Affairs director general, Thozamile Gwanya, cracked the whip at his first meeting with senior managers, held last month to outline his plans to achieve ambitious land-reform targets.
Issue date: 11 April 2008

Weather promotes African horse sickness

The hot and humid conditions experienced this year in many of SA’s summer rainfall areas have been ideal for the explosion of populations of the Culicoides imicola and Culicoides bolitinos midge species that transmit African horse sickness (AHS).
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Chicken, peanut and lentil breyani

The classic breyani is one of India�s major contributions to the culinary culture of the universe.
Issue date: 04 April 2008
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