Caxton Magazines
Great minds think small: operating on a nanoscale
They will enable continuous remote sensing of products during production, processing, packing and distribution.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Cauliflower is no longer out of season
Nowadays Plant breeding is so advanced that some winter crops can successfully be planted throughout the year.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Good business is built on a foundation of optimism
'SA is blessed with the finest people you could imagine, therefore good must eventually triumph over evil. Issue date 8 June 2007
Voetstoots fouls
After my two-part series on racing pigeon auctions, the voetstoots clause at auctions became a subject of debate.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
FISH CHOWDER
Is it a soup? Is it a stew? Forget it mate, what we�ve got here is a chowder: a unique �combination of firm pieces of fish and �vegetables, all swimming in a sea of exquisitely �seasoned wine and milk.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
The bright side of bugs
It was ten minutes after midnight. Suddenly I was engulfed in an ear-splitting cacophony of sirens and flashing blue lights that scared the proverbial living daylights out of me.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
Nampo as spectacular as ever
The Nampo Harvest Day committee is very pleased with the way this year's show went, despite the fact that there were no on-field demonstrations.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
Nampo as spectacular as ever
The Nampo Harvest Day committee is very pleased with the way this year's show went, despite the fact that there were no on-field demonstrations.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
Learning from Cuba’s green revolution
Cuban-style city gardens could be the answer to South Africa's food and employment problems, says Michèle Schubert. Roelof Bezuidenhout chats to her about the origin of urban agriculture in Cuba and the potential implication it could have for our country.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
South Africa first
'If government accepts this draft trade and tariff policy, SA farmers will be able to compete on a level field.'
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
Conservation agriculture a matter of urgency
Addressing participants serving agriculture from 10 countries in southern Africa during his opening of the Food and Agriculture Organisation's recent conservation agriculture workshop in Johannesburg, George Mburathi, FAO representative in SA, said the time had come to implement a large-scale expansion of conservation agriculture in southern Africa if sustainable and profitable agriculture is to be achieved in the region.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
Timber plant holds key to Ugie’s growth
Radical changes come about when large businesses invest in sleepy rural towns. Mike Burgess travelled to the north Eastern Cape towns of Ugie and Maclear to see how international furniture group Steinhoff and its subsidiary PG Bison plan to erect a particle board plant and how this is set to transform an entire platteland community.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
Afgri soars as it diversifies
Afgri has recorded excellent results in the past year, despite the fact that it
was a tough year for agriculture as a whole. Headline earnings were up 65,6% on the previous year, while group earnings per share went up
by 45,4%. Operating activities generated a net of R537 million.
Gwenda van Zyl talks to managing director Jeff Wright (left) about
their success and finds out what Afgri's plans are for the coming year.
Issue date 8 June 2007
Issue date 8 June 2007
Air it: a cost-effective way to experience Nampo
ust as the myriad of farming implements and grain cultivars are synonymous with Nampo, so too have the many private planes and helicopters become a familiar site at this landmark annual event.
Issue Date 1 JUne 2007
Issue Date 1 JUne 2007
Farmer’s Weekly sweeps the decks at Caxton Awards
Farmer's Weekly was off to a good start at the first annual Caxton Magazines Excellence Awards held on 18 May in Johannesburg.
Issue Date 1 June 2007
Issue Date 1 June 2007
NSPCA told to stick to animal welfare
If the NSPCA wants to maintain any credibility in the wildlife industry it should remain a welfare organisation and not act as an animal rights organisation, according to Stewart Dorrington, president of the Professional Hunters' Association of South Africa.
Issue Date 1 June 2007
Issue Date 1 June 2007
Get to grips with fire risks
With the fire season upon the summer rainfall regions of South Africa, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry urged landowners to make sure that they are aware of regulations pertaining to wildfire prevention and control, and of the implications of failing to abide by these regulations.
Issue Date 1 June 2007
Issue Date 1 June 2007
DEAT wants closer ties with game ranchers
Game farming and hunting contributes significantly to conservation, tourism development, job creation and sustainable development in rural areas, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, minister of environmental affairs and tourism, told a much relieved Professional Hunters' Association of SA meeting in Johannesburg.
Issue Date:1 June 2007
Issue Date:1 June 2007
Woolworths toys with the idea of predator-friendly meat
Woolworths is investigating the issue of selling predator-friendly meat products.
Issue Date 1 June 2007
Issue Date 1 June 2007
‘Wool surge differs from 2001/02’
The wool market performed well in spite of a stronger currency, with prices strengthening on the back of solid demand from major buying houses.
Issue Date: 1 June 2007
Issue Date: 1 June 2007
