Janine Ryan
I am the editor of agricultural magazine Farmer’s Weekly, South Africa's oldest magazine. Farmer's Weekly focuses on providing role players in the agriculture sector with news and information to help them grow their enterprises.
Ploughing: things to know before you plunge
Everything a farmer needs to know about what the law says about vegetation removal, soil cultivation and erosion.
Producing livestock feed without mechanisation
Many emerging farmers lack the resources to produce crops needed to feed their livestock when grazing becomes scarce. But with a little innovation, they can overcome this challenge, suggests Shane Brody.
Ensuring realistic prices
The debate over food prices continues to hold centre stage. This is understandable, given that poor families in South Africa spend roughly a third of their household incomes on food, according to Statistics SA.
Learn the traits of entrepreneurship
True entrepreneurs may be born, not made. But anyone can learn to practise entrepreneurship.
The ethics of climate change
Professor Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, former president of the Royal Society, and emeritus professor of cosmology and astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, looks beyond 2050.
Farm attacks on the rise – TAU SA
Farm attacks and murders in South Africa are on the increase, according to the latest statistics on violent crime on farms released by TAU SA.
New harvesting solutions by Geringhoff
Geringhoff has introduced two new maize headers and a flex draper that make it easier to handle multiple planting configurations and harvesting on hillsides.
Multipurpose tourist rondavels
Hannes, who wanted to develop an eight-stand tourist accommodation complex , requested that I meet him on site in southern KwaZulu-Natal.
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Pretoria Wimpy outlets support drought relief
A total of 23 Wimpy outlets in Pretoria East have pledged support to the Funky Cappuccino promotion aimed at raising funds for Agri SA’s drought relief fund, initiated in 2015 to support farmers and communities in need.
Government gets serious about farming, food security
There is a growing awareness in government about the importance of the agriculture sector in South Africa and its role in the country’s food security.
SA experiences fewer wildfires in June
Compared to the preceding four years, there were far fewer wildfires in June this year, South Africa’s winter fire season.
Censorship
The SABC’s Hlaudi (Good-news) Motsoeneng has joined the philosophical school of thought popular with political leaders such as President Jacob Zuma and EFF leader Julius Malema, which contends that if you are unfamiliar with something, it simply does not exist.
Agri SA sceptical about R1 billion drought relief ‘donation’
Agri SA has iterated that the bona fides of an organisation promising to donate R1 billion in drought relief to SA farmers be established before any details can be discussed.
Emerging farmers set to benefit from AB InBev-SABMiller merger
The conditions for the approval of the merger between Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev and SABMiller’s, as set by the Competition Tribunal of South Africa, have several benefits for local farmers, including an investment of over R600 million in farmer development.
Fitting a saddle
Every horse should be equipped with its own saddle, and this should be checked twice a year to ensure that it still fits well, says Kim Dyson.
Ultrasound: how to get an inside view of genetic carcass traits
The ARC’s Dr Ben Greyling and Frans Jordaan explain how ultrasound scanning allows a beef producer to select the best breeding animals to improve genetic carcass traits.
Managing no-till soil acidity and fertiliser requirements
No-till may be a sustainable and cost-effective crop production system, but it comes with challenges of its own. Guy Thibaud, veteran soil scientist with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, explains how to deal with these.
City girl takes on Simmentaler and sheep farming
Although Zandile Cewu grew up on a farm in the former Transkei, she never imagined she would become a full-time farmer. However, when her father died in 2013, Zandile was left in charge of two family farms. After three years of independent farming, determined Zandile has grown the farming operations and confidently faces all its challenges.
Success with small-scale herb production
Husband-and-wife team, Miki and Cathy Clark, knew nothing about farming when they began their small-scale herb production operation on 1,2ha of land five years ago. Now they produce over 2t a week for outlets in Cape Town, five times a week.
How SARS hampers your lawyers
Time constraints, e-filing codes, queues, admin delays .... SARS red tape makes it well nigh impossible for a lawyer to fight a tax dispute.
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