Caxton Magazines
Cure for piglet parasites
Bayer Animal Health has launched the first innovative ready-to-use product in southern Africa to control coccidiosis in newly born piglets.
Issue date 1 June 2007
Issue date 1 June 2007
Wine research now on the Net
Winetech and the SA Wine Industry information and systems (Sawis) recently launched a new database - “Winetech Research Output Database”.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Are bugs getting used to Bt maize?
General concern has been voiced about the possible build-up of insect resistance to Bt maize.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Conservation agriculture could help fight famine
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division recently hosted a two-day conservation agriculture (CA) workshop in Johannesburg.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Hybrids still driving seed market
The Sa Seed Industry's ANNUAL turnover rose by 4% to more than R2 billion over the past financial year.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
The war on predators
It was the second-last day of my sponsored hunt and I still had nothing in the bag.
Issue Date 25 May 2007
Issue Date 25 May 2007
Browsing the East London Show
At the recent East London Agricultural and Industrial Show, held from 27 April to 1 May, visitors were able to enjoy a multitude of events, of which the highlights were an international tent pegging event and a game auction.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Zingy Thai prawns
Like so many Asian and Asian-� influenced dishes, this meal is best �prepared in an assembly line.
Magic Man brings micro flavours to the table
Steve Botha of porterville, better known as the “Magic Man”, recently won the Eat In RMB Private Bank award for his Micro Herbs in the category Innovation.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Africa news
Millions for bird flu control
Prayers for air crash victims
Africa unite, say leaders
Issue date 25 May 2007
Prayers for air crash victims
Africa unite, say leaders
Issue date 25 May 2007
‘We don’t kill’ – murderers lie
An enjoyable evening watching the rugby turned into a nightmare for the Potgieter family, who live on a smallholding in the Marikana district in North West.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Avoid oak acorns
The attractive oak is found on almost every farm in South Africa. Its beautiful branches give shade to many farm animals and their owners. The oak tree is native to England. It is a tree that can live for many hundreds of years, but it should be noted as a health hazard to horse owners.
Issue Date 25 May 2007
Issue Date 25 May 2007
Profert MD dies in Cameroon plane crash
Charles January, Managing Director of fertiliser company Profert Trading, has died after the Kenya Airways flight he was on crashed shortly after take-off from Douala in the Cameroon.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Agri Wes Cape pleads farmers’ case
There is a huge future for agriculture in SA not only through its contribution to the economy, but also through social and rural upliftment, according to Carl Opperman, CEO of Agri Wes Cape.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Media fuelling racism, says TAU SA North
The farming community is up in arms over some media organisations allegedly fuelling racial hatred against white farmers.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Farmers fume at Telkom’s non-service
Telkom's lack of service and infrastructure had members of the Overberg District Agricultural Association (DAA) fuming when they met with the telecommunications company for a meeting on 10 May in Bredasdorp in the Western Cape.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
GM maize with amazing yields
After three years of intensive trials, government has approved the commercial cultivation in South Africa of Monsanto's genetically modified stacked gene maize. This GM cultivar is herbicide-tolerant as well as stalk borer-resistant
Issue Date 25 May 2007
Issue Date 25 May 2007
DA takes Land Bank to task
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has submitted documents relating to what they term “alleged irregular transactions” at the ailing financial institution, Land Bank, to the independent forensic investigating team, Deloitte & Touche.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
Cabinet sets committee to check on food prices
Cabinet ministers are beginning to suspect once again that there is more than meets the eye in the recent rapid rise in the price of agricultural products and in the cost of transportation.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
New plans for old homeland irrigation schemes
The Eastern Cape government is rolling out a five-year plan to overhaul six irrigation schemes in the province and plans to approach national Treasury this year to foot over R300 million of the bill.
Issue date 25 May 2007
Issue date 25 May 2007
