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Biofuel strategy to be unveiled soon
Cabinet Should unveil SA'S long- awaited biofuel strategy this month, according to government biofuel task team leader Sandile Tyatya. “We've finalised our position, met with the ministers, incorporated their comments and will forward the document to Cabinet shortly,” he said. “I'm putting my head on the block this time.”
Issue Date: 12 October 2007
Issue Date: 12 October 2007
Another blue-ear disease outbreak in the Western Cape
Pork production is threatened by another outbreak of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), better known as blue-ear disease. Dr Gininda Msiza, chief director of veterinary services in the Western Cape, said this outbreak appeared less virulent than the American strain that caused major financial losses in 2004. Yet pork producers fear the disease might spread and decimate production.
Issue Date: 12 October 2007
Issue Date: 12 October 2007
New data to aid livestock farmers
The draft policy on the sustainable management of veld and forage resources should be ready soon for further processing and endorsement by Cabinet, according to Victor Musetha of the Department of Agriculture's Directorate of Animal and Aqua Production Systems.
Issue Date: 12 October 2007
Issue Date: 12 October 2007
Tyranny of the trophy record
The tyranny of the trophy record and award hunting programmes are at odds with the ethics of nature conservation, and destroy the hunter's experience of appreciating and participating in the natural world.
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
Food prices soar without affecting demand
'As more people enter the formal economy, the demand for food and especially protein-based food will increase
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
Rugby and business – it’s all about management
'This is the essence of management - the creation of an environment within which individuals and teams reach for the stars.'
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
The joy of Chinese chicken
Sichuan chicken with sweet peppers
Jozi market backs the small guys
Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market CEO Kgosientso Ramokgopa runs the largest fresh-produce market in Africa, in the province that contributes 47% to the national GDP
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
Huge interest in no-till at KZN conference
The AGM and annual conference of the No-Till Club of KZN drew farmers and extension officers from across the country
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
When you see these, prepare to spray.
Avoid holes in bean pods
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
50 years of Steiger tractors: a golden anniversary
The Steiger brothers, Doug and Maurice, built the first Steiger tractor during the winter of 1957/8 on their Minnesota farm, from truck components and a 180kW Detroit Diesel engine
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
Food prices, food crisis?
Jacques Fremy, a retired senior agricultural training and project advisor for the World Bank and the International Labour Organisation, argues that Africa doesn't appreciate the technical challenges food production poses
Humble roots
From humble roots, a mighty tree 12 years ago, Olga Malapane picked up a handsaw and entered the male-dominated timber industry.
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
Mastering crop rotation
Kobus's crop rotation programme currently consists of five years lucerne, followed by one year wheat, one year wheat or barley, one year lupins or peas, one year wheat, one year wheat or barley, one year canola and another year wheat
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
Farming smart and thorough
Kobus Wessels was recently chosen as the Western Cape Grain SA finalist. Glenneis Erasmus learnt the secret to his farming success: precision, passion and using all available resources to the maximum
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
Farmer’s Weekly-ARC Best Elite Drakensberger
This year's Farmer's Weekly-ARC Best Elite Drakensberger Cow, FD 95 0021, was born and bred on F anie van Dyk's Brakenjan stud
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
A hat-trick for Attie’s South Devons
This year's Farmer's Weekly-ARC Best Elite South Devon Cow, AC 93 09, has calved 11 times and is currently pregnant with her 12th.
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
Can small farmers share the pie with supermarket giants?
Economic growth on the African continent is low at just over 5%, but an African supermarket revolution on the back of new urban wealth is gaining momentum.
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
Lessons in how to create unwilling sellers
Cash crops and dairy cows thrive in the fertile, misty valleys where Good Hope farm is located.
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
An intelligent, teachable a larm system
The false alarm is alarm systems' greatest bugbear. It wastes time, causes stress and erodes confidence in the system
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
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