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Parmalat pays farmers 15c/litre more

Parmalat South Africa recently increased the price it pays to members of the SA Milk Cooperative (Samilco) by 15c a litre. Issue Date: 9 February 2007

Milk shortage to cause price rise

Consumers will be forced to FORK out a little more for milk and dairy products due to an international and local milk shortage.
Issue Date: 9 February 2007

Perspective – 9 February 2007

The iconic, sphinx-shaped hill at Isandlwana, KZN, looms above the whitewashed cairns erected in memory of the British soldiers who died here in the battle against the Zulus in 1879. It's on this battlefield, and others in northern KZN such as Rorke's Drift, where David Rattray, renowned historian and expert on the Anglo-Zulu War, conducted his famous tours.
Issue Date 9 February 2007

Tongaat-Hulett invests R1,3 billion in Mozambique

The Tongaat-Hulett Group (THG) plans to increase its annual sugar production capacity in Mozambique by 155 000 tons following the approval of R1,3 billion to be used to expand its operations there.
Issue Date: 9 February 2007

Senwesko Feeds re-branded

Senwesko Feeds has been re- branded to Nutri Feeds. Issue Date 9 February 2007

SA winemakers will get by

A few SA wine producers will be negatively affected by the loss of 168 French oak wine barrels and wine equipment after the MSC Napoli ran aground at Branscombe in the UK. Issue Date: 9 February 2007

Official linked to murder

An Mpumalanga Home Affairs official has been arrested in connection with the murder of Johan Prins who was shot dead on his farm in Groblersdal last month. Issue Date 9 February

Flood Relief Scheme being redrafted

Agri Eastern Cape has expressed disappointment with the agriculture department's draft Flood Disaster Relief Scheme for the period ending 31 December 2007, saying it's “discriminatory against commercial agriculture”. Issue date 9 February

Mbeki urged to break deadlock

The controversy concerning reported remarks by land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana that rape and assault of farmworkers were rife in the sector looks set to continue. Issue Date: 9 February 2007

Wine tourism – an answer to the wine industry’s woes?

The wine surplus across the globe is putting the livelihoods of wine farmers under pressure. While there are no easy answers, key role-players in the South African wine industry feel wine tourism has an important part to play in the survival and growth of the industry, and are urging local producers to embrace all they have to offer. Sonja Burger reports.

No to half-baked habitats

This is the first in a series of five articles on habitat planning in which habitat designer and wildlife biologist Ben Breedlove explains how to create a fully functional and optimised habitat when farming on a fragment of land, thus getting the most out of animals and visitors.

Freeze, you’re branded

Freeze branding is not a new concept to South African agriculture, yet it is only in recent years that it has gained in popularity among dairy farmers to facilitate easier herd management. Lloyd Phillips discovers how freeze branding works, and how it helps farmers.

Is there a future for derivatives in SA’s wine industry?

Surplus wine in global markets is squeezing the profitability of many South African wine farmers. It has been proposed that a derivative instrument should be introduced for the wine industry to help stabilise bulk wine prices and create transparency for all industry role-players. In principle this would be similar to the futures market on which SA grain farmers can trade to hedge price risks.

Communal land: a breeding ground for corruption

A law privatising millions of hectares of communal land has been held up for years by court action and opposition from traditional leaders. In the meantime, pressure on adjacent commercial farming districts keeps increasing, with tensions reaching breaking point in some areas.

Charter: business size clarified

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) should announce how it intends determining whether a farming business is characterised as large, medium or small for the purposes of AgriBEE by the end of the month

Issue Date: 2 February 2007

Eva’s boss denies farm-school ban

The owner of the farm where Kenneth Eva was murdered some weeks ago has denied allegations that he has now banned children from the neighbouring tribal community from attending the farm school on his land.

Issue Date: 2 February 2007

Eskom pulls plug on farmers

National electricity provider Eskom's load-shedding to minimise strain on the country's power infrastructure was met with irritation and outrage from farmers. Issue Date: 2 February 2007

The truth about bypass protein

The long-awaited results of a study into the economics of strategic protein supplementation of late pregnant and lactating sheep and Angora goats have been released by agricultural researcher Jan Hoon of Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute at Middelburg in the Eastern Cape.

Should agriculture take over the game industry?

The draft policy on national game farming recently came under review. Roelof Bezuidenhout speaks to Eastern Cape rancher Arthur Rudman who attended the review workshop and who fully supports the agriculture department's involvement in the game industry.

Empowerment: the secret to its success

'You're either in, or you're out!' Glenneis Erasmus reports on the Hex River Valley farmers and farmworkers who are 'in' and making transformation work.

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