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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

Promising new Valtra tractors

Wynn Dedwith of Parys-based Valtrac, the importers and distributors of Valtra tractors in South Africa, expects the latest T Series Valtra tractors to be locally available later this year.

Paraguayan technology saves SA’s apples

For years Pieter Fourie, project manager of the Bethlehem Farmers' Trust, struggled with an annual loss of 40% to the project's apple crop. Local experts couldn't come up with any cost-effective solutions, until Pieter started surfing the internet for a solution. Mike Burgess reports.
Issue date: 20 April 2007

Rules cast shadow over lion breeder’s den

Outraged over new regulations on canned hunting, specifically of lions, that were announced earlier this year, a group of North West lion breeders and provincial nature conservation officials gathered on Ben Duminy's Doornkop farm in Groot-Marico to address the situation.
Issue date: 20 April 2007

Are Angora goats getting weaker?

No one knows exactly how many Angora goats succumb annually to sudden cold snaps in South Africa. Farmers prefer not to talk about these fatalities - it's too much like a death in the family. But as Roelof Bezuidenhout discovers, breeding for more fashionable finer fleeces might be responsible.
Issue Date: 30 April 2007

Fruit export chain – transparency needed

Trade liberalisation has resulted in huge market expansion for South African fruit. It has, however, also resulted in numerous new challenges for producers. Glenneis Erasmus reports.

How Brink boosts canola yields

The Swartland Canola Competition recognises outstanding farming efforts, identifying trends that could help enhance the production of this crop. This year's winner, André Brink, may have found the secret formula to canola success - nitrogen, seed density and rainfall.

Injured raptors get a new lease on life in KZN

Raptor rehabilitation got a boost when the Mayibuye Community of Umlaas Road, near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu- Natal gave 60ha of land to Ben and Shannon Hoffman on a 99-year lease. husband-and-wife team will operate the African Bird of Prey Sanctuary on this land.

Why smallholders lose out on organics

Smallholder farmers can cash in on the growing organic crop market. However there are a host of factors that prevent them from successfully competing on the formal supply chain, say Mark Darroch and Tinashe Mushayanyama of KwaZulu-Natal University's department of agricultural economics.

Concern over higher PPECB citrus levy

he PPECB (Perishable Products Export Control Board) recently announced a 13,4% inspection levy increase for citrus fruit. In the case of inland inspections of cartons larger than 5kg the levy will increase from 27,5c to 31,2c.

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