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The restructuring of Capespan SA
Capespan SA appointed Stuart Symington as new managing director earlier this year. He previously served as CEO of the Perishable Products Export Control Board and CEO of the Fresh Fruit Exporters’ Forum. He spoke to Glenneis Kriel about the future of Capespan SA.
Three quick soups: green, white & red
There are times, usually when the night is dark, the wind howling and the rain beating on the windows, when all you want out of life is a bowl of hot, steaming soup.
A microcosm of SA agriculture
The 14 August issue of Farmer's Weekly is a microcosm of South Africa’s agricultural sector.
Career focus: Animal health Technician
As an animal health technician, your chief task will be to help look after farm animals, says Prof Cheryl McCrindle of the University of Pretoria.
Our strengths, our problems and our future
SA has economic opportunities, but tough challenges. For farmers, positives are a sizeable domestic market and top local suppliers, says Wessel Lemmer, senior agricultural economist at Absa.
Affordable outdoor entertaining
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Royal Show pictorial
A selection of some of the exhibits that caught Joe Spencer’s eye at his 47th Pietermaritzburg Royal Show.
Ban lifted on fresh ostrich meat exports
By the end of August, South African producers will again be able to export fresh ostrich meat to the EU.
OBP now operating at 90% capacity
Disruptions in vaccine production at Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) seem to be coming to an end with the summer vaccines for blue tongue (BT), African horse sickness (AHS), lumpy skin, B. Phemeral and Rift Valley fever (RVF) now available on the market.
Ongoing campaign to hook pupils on pork
Pork puzzles, questionnaires and theory notes are just some of the strategies used by the Premier Pork Producers Association to spread information about pork products among school-going children.
Mouldy maize stover: it could prove a killer
Equine leukoencephalomalacia is a deadly disease sometimes found in mouldy maize stover, cautions Dr Mac.
Beat cyst eelworm with trap crops
An integrated approach to controlling cyst eelworm usually produces the best results, but using a trap crop is perhaps the single most important method.
Dealing with powdery mildew
This fungal disease affects numerous species of plants, including many valuable cash crops, says Paul Donovan.
How helping soil life can boost farm profits
The self-regulating ecological balance in nature’s soils is what keeps them so sustainably productive. Graeme Sait, CEO of Nutri-Tech Solutions in Australia, says that farmers need to learn more from nature and encourage a similar productive balance in their soils.
Careful stud selection boosts commercial beef production
Johan and JM Steyn from Bothaville’s Vansia Red Angus stud, which commemorates its 40th anniversary this year, is on a mission to provide hardy, veld-adapted genetics. This strategy aims to ensure profitable and sustainable beef production in South Africa for years to come.
Grain SA donates R150 000 towards Free State Agri court case
Grain SA chairperson Louw Steytler announced at the Free State Agriculture congress that Grain SA had donated R150 000 towards the Free State Agriculture court case against the South African government regarding the disintegration of the border infrastructure between the Free State and Lesotho.
Dealing with direct sales – at last!
Over the years, I’ve listened to market people bemoaning the fact that producers supply direct to supermarkets.
Good management: key to poultry farming success
Producing above the norm is attainable with well-managed hens, says poultry and mixed
farming producer Erik Naudé.
Commercial farmers willing to help land reform
Commercial agriculture is in favour of orderly land reform and will diligently help to establish new black farmers, according to Free State Agriculture president Dan Kriek.
Perspective – do you have it?
Gaining perspective allows you to make the right decisions. Without perspective, you're just guessing.
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