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A furore has erupted over state-owned forestry operation Komatiland Forests’ (KLF) announcement that from 1 April, it’ll be increasing pine sawlog prices to its long-term contract holders by 36%. Roy Southey, executive director of Sawmilling South Africa,

Agri-processing business Tongaat Hulett continued to increase profit from operations, despite what company CEO Peter Staude called a challenging 2007. The company’s operations, which include integrated components of agriculture, property development and l

Lodewijk Briët, EU ambassador to Africa, stressed the importance of trade negotiations between the and at a recent Fruit and Vegetable Canning Association (SAFVCA) function in Aston, Western Cape. A ccording to Briët, the considers a dual economy and inte

TAU SA North has expressed their gratitude to Limpopo agriculture MEC Dikeledi Magadzi for her prompt assistance to its members. TAU North chairperson Dries Joubert said immediately acted on a letter TAU send her regarding communication infrastructure in

Minister of Finance Trevor Manual’s increase in the excise duties on natural wine, spirits and tobacco products is bad news for the wine industry.
Issue Date: 14 March 2008

The Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) released its revised area and first production forecast for summer crops, as well as its final production estimate for winter cereals recently.
Issue Date 14 March 2008

The Land Bank received another grilling in Parliament late last month with MPs taking its executives to task for spending millions on forensic audits and turnaround strategies that yielded no results, as well as a dramatic revelation that Ernst & Young ha

Electricity shortages resulting in a productivity loss of only 1% in the whole South African economy could lead to a 3% decrease in gross domestic product, translating into a loss of R52 billion.
Issue Date:14 March 2008

A recent study funded by the US Poultry & Egg Association found that H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has a low likelihood of becoming established or maintained in wild avian populations.
Issue Date 14 March 2008

The European Commission published its proposal to revise the EU’s general food-labelling requirements recently. While the proposal mainly consolidates existing requirements scattered over different directives, a number of important new requirements are

The agriculture department’s micro-finance scheme aimed at helping subsistence farmers become small-scale entrepreneurs with the help of cheap loans has come under fire from ANC members for trapping beneficiaries in a vicious poverty cycle. D uring a parl

A new acting HOD has been appointed to the KZN Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) following the surprise suspension of advocate Modidima Mannya on 21 February 2008. T he new acting HOD, Siddiq Adams was seconded to the department i

During its first strategic planning session for 2008, Agri Limpopo has come up with a six-point plan to deal with the difficulties facing its members, as well as newcomers to the sector. There is much emphasis on addressing the challenges of land and agra

The Eastern Cape pineapple industry, including nearly 40 pineapple growers, is taking Protea Chemicals to court. They are claiming between R75 million and R85 million from the company, which is owned by the JSE-listed Omnia group, for the catastrophic los

Parliament has decided that Home affairs minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula does not need to explain to South Africans why agriculture’s deputy director general and acting Bank CEO Dr Phil Mohlahlane can keep using a cancelled identity document, even though

The constitutional court has rejected the minister of land affairs and her acting director general’s appeal to overturn rulings by the Land Claims Court and the Supreme of Appeals that there was no evidence of fraudulently inflated land values in the Badplaas area.

Limpopo farmers attending the province’s land restitution forum were told by a Regional Land Claims Commission delegate that the forum, which was specifically set up to discuss restitution issues, was not the place to discuss them. They should rather take

Ever since gays have come out of the closet, it seems it�s no longer considered a mortal sin to live an alternative lifestyle. San Francisco and Cape Town vie for the status of gay capital of the world. When Elton John married his longtime partner, the fl

First, the good news: no monkey, no gland. Second, the bad news: this is one hell of a thing to do to a nice piece of steak. Monkey gland steak is an all-time South African favourite. Why this should be is anybody�s guess. In regular use monkey gland is a marinade so powerful it can be used equally well on old tackies, bits of polystyrene and weight-lifters� kidney belts. If you insist on using this concoction on steak, may I suggest you follow these simple instructions, which will provide you with a tangy sauce that augments, instead of destroys, best-quality beef.
Issue date: 07 March 2008

Since the inception of the Sun City Million Dollar Pigeon Race (SCMDPR) pigeon fanciers all over the world have been inspired to even bigger dreams. Never before has there been so much excitement about racing pigeons. All that hard cash and cars.