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Citrus black spot caution
The Department of Agriculture recently called on citrus producers to be extra cautious to ensure that fruit with citrus black spot (CBS) doesn’t land in sensitive markets. SA, wanting to comply with EU regulations, has been trying to prove that CBS is not
Free State warned of anthrax outbreak
An outbreak of anthrax in Lesotho was reported to the agriculture department in the Free State at the beginning of April, for fear that it could cross the border.
Issue date: 04 April 2008
Issue date: 04 April 2008
World News – 04 April 2008
NZ drought costs millions
According to forecasts, New Zealand’s national drought will cost dairy farmers NZ$894 million and beef and sheep farmers $345 million...
Farmers reject SAB barley price
Southern Cape barley producers indicated they won’t accept South African Breweries Limited (SAB’s) latest producer price of R3 011,22/t. This is almost 50% higher than prices attained for malting barley last year, but Leon Groenewald, chairperson of the B
Drought affects mohair market
For the first time this season mohair sellers felt the full benefit of a weaker rand, when the market increased 3,6%.
Issue date: 04 April 2008
Issue date: 04 April 2008
Wool buyers get cautious
The last sale before Easter SAW THE market remaining virtually unchanged, with Cape Wools’ Merino indicator closing the day down just 0,6% at R69,52/kg (clean).
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Grain handlers ready for big maize harvest
“We are on the eve of a big grain crop,” said Annatjie Loio, president of the Grain Handling Organisation of SA (GOSA) in her annual report, presented to the GOSA symposium. “This is good news for the industry. We are geared to handle the expected crop of
Clover denies collusion
Clover, South Africa’s biggest dairy producer, will largely deny any wrongdoing or involvement in price-fixing, at the preliminary arguments to be heard by the Competition Commission tribunal on 2 May.
Issue date: 04 April 2008
Issue date: 04 April 2008
Satansbos is taking over
Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), also known as satansbos in Afrikaans, is threatening the sustainability of agriculture in South Africa, according to Weber Truter from the Herold Agricultural Association. He predicts that satansbos will ren
No RVF vaccine for pregnant animals
Livestock farmers and veterinarians are concerned about the unavailability of vaccine for Rift Valley Fever (RVF), following three outbreaks of the disease in South Africa’s northern provinces.
Issue date: 04 April 2008
Issue date: 04 April 2008
Lulu vows to sue over “sex scandal” claims
Land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana plans “suing all the parties” accusing her of an affair with former Land Bank boss Phil Mohlahlane. “I believe this is a smear campaign. It has no basis. I’m talking to my lawyers,” she told City Press.
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New wave of land sector suspensions
The Land Bank’s chief financial officer Xolile Ncame and Limpopo land claims commissioner Mashile Mokono join the long list of land officials facing suspension, dismissal or disciplinary action.
Issue date: 04 April 2008
Issue date: 04 April 2008
The unintended consequences of restitution
Over the past few years, the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) has worked intensively on land reform, identifying key issues and obstacles and presenting government and other stakeholders with alternative ways of achieving the land reform goal
Future’s potentially bright for renewable energy
The current energy crisis is a powerful incentive for the renewable energy (RE) industry, but the regulatory framework is hampering rapid progress. This is according to Kevin Nassiep of the SA National Energy Research Institute. He was speaking at a wave
GRAIN SA CONGRESS
ANC president Jacob Zuma’s address at the Grain SA Congress was big news, but it wasn’t the only topic on the Congress’s agenda. Annelie Coleman reports on the gathering and its plans for the future.
Issue date: 28 March 2008
Issue date: 28 March 2008
World News – 28 March 2008
More mulesed wool trouble for the AussiesThe Australian wool industry is beginning to panic as it faces the threat of losing its markets in...
Global warming good for mohair?
Last year’s Mohair SA delegation TO the Far East has reported on the industry there, where the weak Japanese yen, non-rising personal spending and high wool prices have forced manufacturers to substitute polyester in their traditionally mohair blends. An
Coordinate predator management
Anyone who uses controls on predators – including hunters and landowners – should be accredited to a conservation authority, says Prof HO de Waal of the African Large Predator Research Unit (ALPRU) at the Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Scien
Mohair looks good
In line with forecasts, the latest mohair sale saw a major upward swing in the fine young goat and the long, fine summer kid component of the clip, said Pierre van der Vyver, general manager of mohair at Cape Mohair and Wool (CMW).
Issue date: 28 March
Issue date: 28 March
Land Bank gets new board; Land Affairs new DG
and and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana has announced the names of the new Land Bank board, paving the way for the appointment of a new CEO expected to turn the ailing institution’s fortunes around.
Issue date: 28 March 2008
Issue date: 28 March 2008
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