Caxton Magazines

Jail time for reluctant whites
Issue date 17 August 2007

“If every Farmers' Union can establish only one upcoming farmer successfully, we will be 100% further ahead than we are now,” said Agri SA's land affairs chairperson Dr Theo de Jager at Free State Agriculture's annual congress
Issue date 17 August 2007

“Do your job or see you in court
Issue date 17 August 2007

Limpopo Police Commissioner Calvin Sengani defended his controversial position that Zimbabweans crossing the border into South Africa may not be arrested, saying freedom of movement is everybody's constitutional right.
Issue date 17 August 2007

KZN farmer's union Kwanalu has called on all farmers to assist the fire-stricken province with fodder
Issue date 17 August 2007

Fires HAVE blazed through parts of Swaziland and eastern SA since two weeks ago, destroying crops and plantations and killing over 20 people and thousands of cattle
Issue date 17 August 2007

'Emergency moves are already under way to buy fodder for the affected farmers.'
Issue date 17 August 2007

What motivates a top winemaker at an internationally acclaimed estate, which sells 130 000 cases annually to 14 different countries, to pull up his roots and settle on a fledgling wine farm where no wine has been made for almost three centuries? Sonja Burger gets the answer from Charles Hopkins, who left the Graham Beck estate after nearly a decade to start afresh at De Grendel, the historic stud farm of Sir David Graaff on the slopes of the Tygerberg, next to Plattekloof.
Issue date 17 August 2007

Although beans are normally quick and easy to grow, they have a disproportionate number of potentially hazardous diseases
Issue date 17 August 2007

The Best chefs in the world are men
Issue date 17 August 2007

Over the past few weeks, ever since I bought my Cobb braai, I�ve personally consumed most of a sheep and a significant part of a cow
Issue date 17 August 2007

The Sun City Million-Dollar Pigeon race boasts one of the most picturesque venues in the world
Issue date 17 August 2007

Have you read The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman? It's full of examples of the way modern communication technology has torn down the barriers between countries and people, levelling the playing field
Issue date 17 August 2007

oelof Bezuidenhout reviews an on-farm trial in the southern Free State, showing that the Smithfield district best supports dual-purpose sheep, and that switching between breeds doesn't guarantee long-term benefits.
Issue date 17 August 2007

Compared to Last year, Producer prices are currently favourable. According to Agrimark Trends, they increased 20,4% between the first quarters of 2006 and 2007, while the price of farm requisites only increased by 5,25%. Thus farmers are better off than a year ago
Issue date 17 August 2007

A new study confirms that not only do private game reserves in the Eastern Cape contribute to conservation and development, they can also beat traditional farming in income per hectare and support more jobs. Roelof Bezuidenhout reports.
Issue date 17 August 2007

Almost 40 years ago when I was still a student, I encountered a particularly colourful but unfamiliar snake, with orange and black bands and a jet-black belly, in the former Transkei
Issue date 17 August 2007

Hydroponic production only really came into existence in the 1930s, making a name for itself during the Second World War when it was used in the Pacific Islands to grow food for soldiers.

'Minute molecules go right to where they're needed, giving impressive results.'

Morningdew Farms and Afgri's Delmas branch held a well-attended joint demonstration at one of Jannie Neuhoff's farms, Hadeda's Garden Estates.