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Infusing Bonsmara genetics into the Afrikaner through a goal-directed breeding initiative boosts its fertility and meat quality, making this traditional breed competitive once more. Dr Richter Jordaan spoke to Susan Botes about this controversial concept.
Issue date 31 August 2007

The main purpose of the foot is to reduce concussion and promote circulation, and the hard outer wall is required to protect the sensitive internal structures
Issue date 31 August 2007

Molefe Mokoene of the National African Farmers' Union (Nafu) says learning from past successes and providing adequate support to all farmers across racial and economic lines is the only way to make a success of South African agriculture. Cornelia du Plooy reports.
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According to Dr Theo de Jager, chairperson of Agri SA's Land Affairs Committee, the Department of Land Affairs has stalled its own efforts at land reform, and the process has brought nothing but frustration to organised agriculture.
Issue date 31 August 2007

I was lying flat on my belly in the long grass
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Theft is a fact of life, but these tiny dots can significantly reduce the risk of your property being stolen - and boost your chances of recovering it if it is
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No-till has taken root all around the world, transforming dust bowls into productive land and making cropping practical and economical in areas formally useless for conventional tillage. No-till is getting a lot of publicity as a system for field crops, but for some reason it's not considered for vegetables. Bill Kerr uses no-till to grow magnificent vegetables with a lot less cost and effort and he points out a multitude of advantages - better resistance to pests, superior taste, longer shelf life and a substantial saving in fuel, tractors and implements.
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Tension over workers' housing is a recurring nightmare for farmers, but Eric Starke is not only accommodating his workers, he's giving them the opportunity to buy their own homes, on their own plots, in an all-new agri-village. Eric and worker Jan Van Wyk told Christa van Rooyen about the success of Oakview Village.
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'Farmers produce commodities … [they] will have to take control of their products outside the farmgate.'
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The Western Cape is dominated by two types of fruit fly, the Mediterranean fruit fly and the Natal fruit fly, which predominates in Stellenbosch
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“For every 10 male fruit flies in a trap, there are up to 400 females, 40 000 eggs, 8 000 larvae and 2 000 pupae - that's 50 000 flies per hectare,” says Rittie Smit from Dow Agroscience
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Researchers and other interested parties should get involved in the process of drawing up new national norms for the grazing capacity of the country's natural pastures, Bongani Ngwenyama of the Department of Agriculture's Directorate of Land Use and Soil Management told the Grassland Society of SA's congress in Grahamstown
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It's premature for farmers in the St Francis Bay area west of Port Elizabeth to worry about the possible effects of a nuclear power plant on markets for their products
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A key challenge for agriculture is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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'Numbers are under threat from … illegal capture and trade, and diseases.'
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The KwaZulu-Natal killers of a critically endangered Seychelles tortoise have had various sentences handed down to them by a Pietermaritzburg court for their efforts
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Public and private stakeholders in the South African forestry sector have joined forces to overcome the growing skills shortage plaguing the industry. Lloyd Phillips reports on the challenges and possible solutions.
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Drought support for Australian farmers
Food miles
Sheep left to die of thirst
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Lulama Xingwana, minister of agriculture and land affairs, recently opened a huge BEE poultry farming venture at Lourie in the Koega area of the Eastern Cape

Top Western Cape women finalists in the Female Farmer of the Year Competition for 2007