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.
Dual-purpose game cottages
These are dual-purpose cottages, so hunters could occupy them during the hunting season, and eco-tourists could occupy them during the off-season
A Kubota B2420 tractor for the price of a quad bike
A wine grape grower has found that smaller tractors can perform most of the tasks normally carried out by much larger machines.
Keep this deadly virus at bay
Transmitted by mosquitoes, the West Nile virus can prove fatal to unvaccinated horses.
When lettuce goes viral
We focus on spotted wilt and lettuce mosaic virus. Both can be controlled, and even avoided, with the correct agronomic practices.
Growing opportunities with maize
Eight developing maize farmers plan to better themselves and their community through government and private assistance, hard work and a determination to equip themselves with as much knowledge as possible.
The legacy of the Jordaan Boer goats
For four generations, the Jordaan family has been dedicated to advancing the Boer goat breed.
Writing off capital debt
Reduction in a company’s debt is covered by Paragraph 12A of the 8th Schedule to the Income Tax Act.
Visit the market!
I hammer on about the importance of farmers visiting the market whenever there is an opportunity.
Mega-ranches: how to build and run one
Roelof Bezuidenhout interviews Arthur Rudman, WRSA’s rancher of the year and MD of Blaauwkrantz Farming Enterprises in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape.
Conquering the indigenous flower market
Flowershed supplies the local and export markets with indigenous flowers. Here's how they broke into and conquered the indigenous flower market.
Methode Cap Classique: Trends and Figures for 2015/16
The 2015 SA Wine Industry Statistics, published by SA Wine Industry Information & Systems (SAWIS), showed that local sales of sparkling wine declined from 8,5 million litres in 2012 to 8 million litres in 2014.
Slaughtering cattle with brucellosis
Animals that test positive should be slaughtered to prevent the spread of disease and to eradicate it.
ABSA Grain Trends report – April
The Absa-Agri Trend’s report for April offers an analytical breakdown of livestock and commodity prices.
US serious about nanotechnology
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made US$5,2 million (about R77 million) available for nanotechnology research at eleven of its universities.
Time to move up the value chain
Farmers receive a minor part of the consumer rand. So it makes sense to shorten the distance from farm to fork.
South Africa, wake up and smell the water!
Increasing demand, pollution, poor management structures and crumbling sewerage infrastructure could spell catastrophe for South Africa’s freshwater supply. Prof Anthony Turton, professor at University of the Free State’s centre for environmental management,
takes a closer look at this dire situation.
New direction in red meat production
The meat industry is repositioning itself as a meat and genetic material exporter in an attempt to unlock the full financial potential of the industry.
A getaway cottage
Mr and Mrs Thompson from Johannesburg asked me to design a ‘permanent get-away’ for them on a site they had bought in an established wildlife development near the Kruger National Park.
The world’s first driverless tractor
The final production model of what is claimed to be the world’s first driverless tractor was launched at Agritechnica.
Holistic Management Literature Review: Part 1
[Examining the global opinions] A research group led by Dr Heidi Hawkins, research director at Conservation South Africa, conducted a study into the differing views on holistic planned grazing across the globe.
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