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W Cape fights weed attack

The Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) recently held an emergency meeting in Paarl to address the increased occurrence of herbicide resistance in the Western and how it plans to tackle it.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Wool highest in four years

A weak currency and keen demand pushed wool prices to their highest levels in four years, with the Cape Wools market indicator rising 4,8% to close at R41,90/kg clean.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Call for info on smallstock loss

An appeal has been made by Prof HO de Waal of the African Large Predator Research Unit for farmers to supply Free State University's Canis-Caracal Programme with information about smallstock losses on their farms.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Sappo launches pig farming guide

In an effort to improve its support for emerging pork farmers, the SA Pork Producers' Organisation (Sappo) has launched a manual aimed at the informal sector, small-scale pig producer who wishes to upgrade to a commercial operation.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Climate change to hit Africa

On a recent visit to Cape Town, Sir Nicholas Stern, the head of the UK government's economics service, said the effects of climate change would be felt globally, but would hit Africa, the continent with the least capacity to cope, the hardest.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Nerpo asks govt to regulate pricing of agricultural land

The National Emergent Red Meat Producers' ORGANISATION (Nerpo) has called on government to regulate the pricing of agricultural land.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

NGOs slam ‘biased’ consultations on biofuels strategy

A group of South African citizens and non-governmental organisations have declared the country's Draft Biofuels Industrial Strategy flawed after finding government consulted extensively with industry on the document while not giving them the same opportunities.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Hotline planned for farm evictions

One the key measures being taken by government to protect farmworkers is establishing a Land Rights Management Facility “that will provide legal representation to victims of all forms of land rights infringements”, land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana told parliament recently.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

No bail for farmer’s suspected killers

Three men accused of killing an elderly Mpumalanga farmer during a robbery in January have been denied bail.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Group wins compensation for slaughtered dairy cows

The Port Elizabeth High Court has ruled in favour of the Grasslands Group of dairy farms which recently took the Department of Agriculture to court over alleged irregularities in compensation for dairy cows slaughtered under Animal Disease Act No 35 of 1984.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

PERSPECTIVE – 30 March 2007

Workers offload Angora goat carcasses from a flatbed trailer in the Eastern Cape.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Make peace with Lulu, says Karaan

Suth Africa's agricultural leaders will have to find more constructive methods to address conflict with land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana, said Mohammad Karaan, chairperson of the National Agricultural Marketing Council. He said the current approach of confronting the minister on everything she says is creating a stalemate, which is damaging to the industry as a whole.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Ethanol Africa gets R825m injection

Biofuel Company Ethanol has secured funding of R825 million to continue construction of the first maize-to-ethanol plant in Bothaville in the Free State. This announcement comes amid recent allegations by maize farmers that their financial investments into the company have gone missing.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Land: ‘first refusal’ plan stirs a storm

A proposal being put to Cabinet that landowners wishing to sell their properties should first offer them to the state has sparked fears the land market could grind to a halt because an overstretched and poorly skilled land affairs department already struggling to meet land transfer demands will be faced with a massive increase in the number of property transactions it must process.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Fuel hike will hit food prices

Already faced with escalating prices, consumers will from next month have to fork out more for fuel - which will impact further on food prices.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Lulu’s comments cut SA Canegrowers

Land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana had Canegrowersofficials scurrying to implement damage control recently after she mistakenly accused the organisation of carrying out transformation within its management structures too slowly, especially with regard to the appointment of women.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Devastating FS fires investigated

Forensic investigations are under way to determine the cause of a wildfire that recently swept through farms 20km north of Bloemfontein in the Free State, causing massive damage to crops, livestock and infrastructure.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Biofuels challenge the feed industry

Growth in grain-based ethanol production will have a significant impact on the feed industry. This was a key message from Roger Gilbert, secretary general of the International Feed Industry Federation, at the Sixth International Congress for the Animal Feed Industry held at Sun City in North West recently.
Issue Date: 30 March 2007

Dealing with splints

A splint is a bony growth that forms on the inside edge of the splint bone between the splint bone and the cannon bone. It is the result of tearing of the ligaments between the bone, which causes inflammation and eventually a small bony growth.
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

Integrated pest management of brassicas

This practice combines natural and chemical means to control pests. In SA, brassica farmers tend to stick to a set chemical pest control programme.
Issue date:23 March 2007

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