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‘What you don’t hear from anti-GM activists’

ANTI-GM LOBBY GROUPS ARE ­WITHHOLDING crucial facts from the public, said Dr Willy de Greef , agro biotechnology research specialist from Brussels, who is an internationally recognised authority and consultant on genetically modified crops.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

SA needs biotech investment – minister

The Deputy Minister of Science and technology Derek Hanekom urged biotech organisations to invest in SA to help develop the biotech sectors.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Hendricks to tackle water-wasters

Government has started a massive campaign to reduce the “unacceptably high” levels of water losses in South Africa's distribution system.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Cultural trade baffles NAMC

Informal trade and BEE is presenting its fair share of challenges, and the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) is working towards better understanding and solving the problems facing the farming sector.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Africa News – 1 June 2007

Kenya's coastline flooded
Cattle clashes kill 15 in Kenya
Ethiopia gets a seed bank
'Speed up African integration'
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Afgri soars despite tough market

Agricultural services business Afgri has seen a 65,5 % increase in their headline earnings for the year to February 2007.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Higher sugar prices boost Illovo

With an operating profit exceeding R1 billion and headline earnings of over R500 million for the 2006/07 financial year ended 31 March, Illovo Sugar has good reason for sweet smiles.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Speedy land reform plans get a thumbs-up

Much support was voiced for the introduction of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) by Lulama Xingwana, minister of agriculture and land affairs, to accelerate the pace of land redistribution at the budget vote recently held in parliament.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Biofuel concerns linger

The Department of Agriculture recently hosted a workshop on biofuels to provide agricultural sector stakeholders with an opportunity to make additional input before the strategy is finalised and tabled to government.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Cold hits the Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape has arguably been struck the hardest by ­bitterly cold weather that engulfed the country. Across the country important roads have been closed to traffic due to severe snowfalls on major mountain ranges including the Camdeboo, Amatola, Winterberg, Stormberg, Witteberg and Cape Drakensberg mountains.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Mixed reactions to icy weather

The recent cold snap that clutched the country in an icy grip caused mixed emotions across the agricultural sphere. While most farmers welcomed the cold air, others suffered losses and fear more hardship to come.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Farmers still feel Lulu doesn’t care

Emotions ran high in parliament following the budget vote speech of Lulama Xingwana, agriculture and land affairs minister, with Pieter Groenewald from the Freedom Front Plus going as far as calling the minister an enemy of the farmers.
Issue Date 1 June 2007

Farmers still feel Lulu doesn’t care

Emotions ran high in parliament following the budget vote speech of Lulama Xingwana, agriculture and land affairs minister, with Pieter Groenewald from the Freedom Front Plus going as far as calling the minister an enemy of the farmers.
Issue Date: 1 June 2007

Endangered species regulations postponed

The implementation date for the regulations on threatened and ­endangered species, which control lion hunting and which had controversially placed the black-backed jackal on the threatened and endangered species list, has been moved from 1 June 2007 to 1 February 2008. Mandlenkosi Mayisela, the MEC for agriculture, conservation and environment in North West, surprisingly came out in favour of this postponement. Gwenda van Zyl asks him why.
Issue date 1 June 2007

Derelict railway lines could lead to grain wreck

SA could face a famine within a few years if our infrastructure - specifically our railway system - is not upgraded, and add to this the low cost of imports and we're staring disaster in the face, says Grain SA's Neels ­Ferreira. Susan Botes looks into the matter and finds some light at the end of a pothole-filled tunnel.
Issue date 1 June 2007

Toilers of the soil: the earthworm workers

Carmen Nottingham's earthworm farm north of ­Johannesburg is more than just a business; it is her way of helping to restore South Africa's depleted soil. She is in league with the earthworms to produce Fertilis fertiliser - she feeds them with dairy cow ­manure, and the earthworms' castings are the ­product. Wilma den Hartigh visited the farm.
Issue date 1 June 2007

Can SA meet US wine demand?

Wine consumption in the US has grown to such an extent over the past 10 years that it is currently regarded as the third-largest wine-consuming nation in the world, swallowing 19% of the total global consumption per year. Mike ­Ratcliffe, general manager of Vilafonte and MD of Warwick Wine Estate, spoke about market trends and ­opportunities in this market at the recent Wine Cellars SA's annual ­congress in Goudini, Western Cape.
Issue date 1 June 2007

Can SA meet US wine demand?

Wine consumption in the US has grown to such an extent over the past 10 years that it is currently regarded as the third-largest wine-consuming nation in the world, swallowing 19% of the total global consumption per year. Mike ­Ratcliffe, general manager of Vilafonte and MD of Warwick Wine Estate, spoke about market trends and ­opportunities in this market at the recent Wine Cellars SA's annual ­congress in Goudini, Western Cape.
Issue date 1 June 2007

Counter herbicide resistance with crop rotation

Herbicide resistance is a major problem facing grain producers in the Western Cape. Long-term trials conducted in the province by Dr Mark Hardy of the Western Cape agriculture ­department ­reveal that the most effective crop rotation system for weed management is grain crops ­followed by broad-leaved crops or legume pastures. Wouter Kriel reports.
Issue date 1 June 2007

Amakrokokroko

Henry Ford said, “Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you are right.” And that's how it is - it's all in the mind. You can only succeed if you believe in your own ­ability.
Issue date 1 June 2007
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