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Why doesn�t SA eat eggs?
SA�s egg consumption lags far behind other countries � what SA consumes in a year, China eats in a day. The Southern African Poultry Association (SAPA) has now embarked on an extensive marketing campaign to encourage higher income groups to eat more eggs.
The iconic cycads
The associated mystery and stately appearance of cycads makes them sought-after in gardens around the world. This demand makes wild populations vulnerable to poachers who illegally harvest cycads to sell on the black market.
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Power from water
Farmers with a stream on their property that offers about an 8m head of water, could generate their own electricity. Mike Clayton, a turner machinist and owner of Mesh Gear Manufacturers in Durban, has the other essential component � a compact, sturdy water
When to practice early pruning
Even when a tomato crop is not intended for pruning, there are occasions when some pruning is justified.
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Townie on Dutch courage
We all know Holland is as flat a pancake. So you can imagine the reaction from Wifey Dear�s Dutch relatives when we drove them from the airport to our farm, which is surrounded by mountains well over 2 000m high.
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Home-roasted coffee the African way
For coffee maniacs like me, the search for the perfect cup of coffee is an ongoing quest, filled with the restlessness of a perfectionist running on far too much caffeine.The answer is: do-it-yourself roasting, an adventure you can share just by reading this �
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Leaders versus followers
Your level of AMBITION, as well as how strongly your desire for success and recognition is connected to your ego, apparently determines the direction you take when pursuing a hobby.
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Medics links wheat & beef
Swartland wheat farmer Philip de Waal caused a stir scooping the 2007 National Cattle Farmer of the Year award in stiff competition with traditional beef producers. But, as three-year-in-a-row recipient of the ARC Western Cape Beef Herd of the Year award,
Mixing Emotion
Reading all the articles about our agriculture minister, one fact is very clear to me Lulama Xingwana clearly has it in for the white farming community.
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Dealing with allergies
Asthma, eczema, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder), nervousness and swelling � these ailments may seem unrelated, but they can all be caused by an allergy.
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
It�s the market, stupid!
�Farmers are production animals � but while this is a vital factor for success, most businesses crash because of problems in the markets.�
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
SA agriculture can do without subsidies
�Agriculture can do without subsidies,
but then government will have to live up to its promises.�
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
The human edge
We are told that the chill, deep caverns know as the Sterkfontein Caves today, were once inhabited by primitive ape-men as far back as 4 million years ago. Later, Australopithecus sheltered there. Such prehumans teetered on the brink of survival because
First practical alternative to the tractor PTO
A recent edition of the American Farm Progress magazine reported on the launch of two new John Deere tractor models that can supply electrical power to drive implements. Joe Spencer explains the implications of this technological breakthrough.
Top black farmers left to rot on prime land
While land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana makes strident calls for expropriation to speed up land reform, the smallholders at Hereford wait in vain for her department to honour its promises to grant them title to an irrigation scheme they invade
The joys of a DIY wheat silo
While many South African wheat farmers continue to complain about unfair wheat grading and high silo costs, Kobus Wessels � 2007 Grain SA�s Farmer of the Year � decided three years ago to build his own grain storage facility. He told Glenneis Erasmus
Biotech in SA: the good and the bad
South Africa�s adoption of biotech crops has been prolific, with 57% of our maize planting area currently occupied by GM maize. However, farmers� apparent confidence isn�t shared by all consumers and researches, partly because of the lack of consumer
Biogas not only for big boys
Methane-from-manure operations are viable for farmers both large and small, who should think carefully before signing away the rights to any carbon credits they earn in the process, writes Shelby Tyne.
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Jacob Zuma – Agriculture�s unlikely champion
Jacob Zuma, the newly elected president of South Africa�s ruling African National Congress (ANC), is hardly the commercial farming sector�s first choice for president.
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Issue date: 14 March 2008
Ranchers Blast Eskom
Relations between and Eastern Cape Valley Bushveld game ranchers reached breaking point at an emergency meeting to discuss Eskom’s plan to put up 55m pylons in a 180m-wide serviture for two high-voltage lines to Port Elizabeth.
Issue Date: 14 March 20
Issue Date: 14 March 20
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