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SADC on Zim economy
Issue date 31 August 2007

Mohair market dip fears realised

The predicted downward pressure on adult mohair and strong young goat hair has materialised, Pierre van der Vyver, general manager for Mohair at Cape Mohair and Wool (CMW), told Farmer's Weekly after the opening sale of the winter season
Issue date 31 August 2007

TAU SA stalwart passes away

Dr Chris Jordaan (left), manager of the private property rights portfolio for the Transvaal Agricultural Union (TAU SA) recently passed away after a battle with cancer
Issue date 31 August 2007

Staple foods soon out of reach?

National average food prices increased on average by 13,76% between July 2006 and July 2007, according to the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC)
Issue date 31 August 2007

A schoolboy’s success: an interview with Christiaan de Beer

Christiaan De Beer is 17 years old and in Grade 11. This young man, who has done extremely well in the racing pigeon world, told me about his career so far
Issue date 31 August 2007

Frikkadels in coconut milk and coriander

Funny thing, culture. You take a handful of mincemeat, shape it into a ball and depending on your perspective itï¿½s a meatball, a hamburger patty or ï¿½ best of all ï¿½ a frikkadel

Salad: dressed to kill

Not just a load of fresh lettuce

New farmer wins with GM seed trials

Motlatsi Musi runs a Small farming operation in Olifantsvlei near Soweto, on land granted to him and five nominal partners by the government's land reform programme
Issue date 24 August 2007

Not for the poor: in farming nothing comes for free

Roelof Bezuidenhout, regular Farmer's Weekly journalist and farmer in Steytlerville in the Eastern Cape, proposes that the success of land reform will depend on solving farmers' cash flow woes.
Issue date 24 August 2007

American stars beef up SA genes

Excellent conception rates, high calving percentages, early weaning and outstanding feed conversion are some of the reasons why Beefmasters are Manuel da Costa and his son Tony's chosen breed. Wayne Southwood reports on how Manuel and his partners in the Beefmaster Alliance produce bulls with top genetics at affordable prices.
Issue date 24 August 2007

Fast-paced Gauteng racing season

The 2007 racing season delivered a series of fast-paced events for Gauteng fanciers, due to prevailing tailwinds
Issue date 24 August 2007

Wine estates committed to value of biodiversity

Nearly 90% of the Western Cape's wine is produced in the threatened Cape Floral Kingdom, which hosts more plant species than are found in the entire northern hemisphere. In just 2,5 years, 82 farmers and five cooperatives have conserved over 50 000ha of land that could have been used for agricultural production, while ways are being investigated to reward these efforts with market premiums and increased shelf space. Glenneis Erasmus reports.
Issue date 24 August 2007

Recognise the threat of bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases are a real THREAT to vegetable production. They are seed-transmitted and can destroy your crop
Issue date 24 August 2007

Putting an end to brown ear ticks

Peter Louwrens, a Hereford breeder in KZN's Kokstad district, has invented a dipping machine which is highly effective in eradicating the brown ear tick
Issue date 24 August 2007

Wheat: saving seed versus buying seed

By saving wheat seed to avoid paying for certified seed, farmers are depriving research programmes of vital funding. But by relying on a shrinking pool of customers to subsidise its funding, certified seed is pricing itself out of the market. Glenneis Erasmus deconstructs this vicious cycle, and possible solutions.
Issue date 24 August 2007

Labour contracting: a new approach to workers

In 2001 Former farmer Philip Swart experienced any farmer's worst nightmare
Issue date 24 August 2007

Land reform: time for farmers to get real

Can South Africa go the same way as Zimbabwe, even by default? If land reform is conducted in South Africa without a structured process of expertise transfer, we could go the same way as Zimbabwe; except for the fact that we could be confronted by an accelerated process of collapse
Issue date 24 August 2007

Beyond crisis point

The Movement for Democratic Change's policy co-coordinator general, businessman and former farmer Eddie Cross of Bulawayo, has chronicled Zimbabwe's decline online since 2001. Here is his first-hand account of the havoc wrought by price controls.
Issue date 24 August 2007

No tapeworms!

Your horse acts as a host for many internal parasites, including fly larvae (bots), roundworm and tapeworm
Issue date 24 August 2007

Little dragons

Lizards can't seal their lips and CAn never drink milk, but my grandfather told me that leguaans wrap their tails around cows' legs and suck out all their milk
Issue date 24 August 2007

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