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Fruit SA’s Industry Plan to boost local fruit sector

Fruit SA presented its strategic framework for the SA fruit industry to the minister of agriculture and land affairs Lulama Xingwana and the deputy minister of trade and industry Elizabeth Thabethe at a recent media session in Pretoria.
Issue Date 27 April 2007

Unity is the future, says sugar boss

While the SA sugar industry had already begun embracing the necessity for racial equality and integration within its ranks long before the formation of democratic SA, the process of speeding up this integration since 1994 has been slow.
Issue Date 27 April 2007

Next step of FSC’s Plantation Review under way

The Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) an international timber plantation management certification body, has announced the imminent start of the technical phase of the much-publicised FSC Plantations Review.
Issue Date 27 April 2007

Wanted: 1,6 million tons of maize

With the latest Crop Estimates Committee forecast 11% lower than the previous forecast, analysts have warned that SA would almost certainly have to import maize to make up for the shortfall on national demand.
Issue Date 27 April 2007

Farmers told to be wary of future interest rate hikes

Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni's decision to leave interest rates unchanged is good news for farmers.
Issue Date 27 April 2007

Africa News

Africa needs climate help
Zim hamstrings free trade
Issue Date 27 April 2007

Crime is at ‘unacceptable’ levels

The impact of crime on continued production on farms has reached unacceptable levels
Issue Date 27 April 2007

Blueprint for sustainable agriculture

Last week Farmer's Weekly reported on TAU SA's blueprint for sustainable agriculture in SA. This week Stephan Hofstätter follows up with a closer look at some of the arguments contained in the document.
Issue Date 27 April 2007

State to put its claim cards on the table

Plans to improve transparency in SA's restitution process and prevent false land claims from being gazetted are taking shape, with a task team comprising farmers, claimants and officials expected to be launched in May.
Issue Date 27 April 2007

World news

Ethanol replaces meat in US
Chicken poo for power
Issue Date 27 April 2007

Local Herefords get Topp US genes

BonHaven Beef Cattle of Tarkastad, Eastern Cape has partnered with Herefords & Red Angus of North Dakota in the US. This intensive embryo programme will involve bringing some of the best genetics to South Africa, said PJ Budler of BonHaven Beef Cattle.
Issue Date 27 April 2007

Vet warns against ‘quackery’

Dr Peter Oberem of Afrivet warns that safeguarding the environment while protecting and improving the health and production of livestock is a complex task that must be tackled by the industry as a whole, with decisions based on science and not on “natural” quackery
Issue Date 27 April 2007

minis and MONSTERS

Many of the younger generation field sports people today can't imagine a world without capable 4x4s. But when I was young, capable off-road vehicles were scarce, and you either had to do without them or stay at home.
Issue date: 20 April 2007

Lamb shanks in rosemary and orange

Lamb shanks, along with oxtail, are rated right up there with the greatest comfort foods of all time. Both are tender beyond belief, falling from the bone with only the slightest assistance from the diner. revel in thick gravy, and combine naturally with a variety of vegetables of which a rich mashed potato is the all-time winner.
Issue date: 20 April 2007

Remedies to heal abscesses

AN ABSCESS IS THE BODY'S WAY OF isolating and eliminating infection and dead or foreign material. Very often when the body has experienced a deep penetrating wound and a small amount of foreign matter has remained at the depth of the wound, the result will be an abscess.
Issue date: 20 April 2007

Cabbage diseases: sclerotia and white blister

Sclerotia disease in cabbages can, in severe cases, wipe out an entire cabbage crop. It's a sporadic problem and by understanding the life cycle of the disease, you can minimise its effects and gradually get rid of it.

About successful genes

To maintain the high quality of a superior gene pool, most pigeon breeders follow a breeding plan using line breeding or inbreeding from the foundation pigeons.

SA ostrich sector determines its own success

Despite bans on ostrich meat exports to Europe over the past two years and increased competition with other market products, the ostrich industry has positioned itself firmly in the international and local market.
Issue date: 20 April 2007

South African bioethanol: pipe dream or viable proposition?

'Chances of using maize worth R1 900 per ton to produce ethanol at a profit are very slim.'
Issue date: 20 April 2007

Thumbs up for SA farming

Simon Beal-Preston, grand-nephew of Donnie Beal-Preston who died in December 2006, addressed the Eastern Cape Agricultural Union (ECAU) in Port Elizabeth. Simon runs a dairy farm at Easterstead in the Queenstown district and is Proudly South African.
Issue date: 20 April 2007

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