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.
Why your horse shakes its head
Excessive and inappropriate head-shaking is abnormal in equines, but it’s a behaviour that can usually be brought under control, says Kim Dyson.
HerdBoys – Try this agricultural buying group
A one-stop, online shop for ordering inputs. What could be more convenient? Greg Miles reports.
Understand your market
How many farmers load up their truck with fresh produce, dispatch it to the market, and say to themselves: “I’ll leave it up to the agent now. It’s his job to get me the best prices.”
Growing melons
Melons are more sensitive to disease than most other cucurbits. As the diseases that attack melons are generally associated with rainfall and humidity, the fruit is normally grown in low-rainfall areas.
Small kudu. Big problem?
Eastern Cape game farmers have noticed that kudu bulls have become smaller, and they’re pleading for research to find out why.
Post-dated calamity
A recent court case provides guidelines on what to do if a cheque received by SARS is stolen.
New call centre to assist farmers
A call centre to answer farmers’ questions and help them with agriculture-related queries has been launched by SA Agri.
Ranching by the (law) book
Game ranchers are unhappy with the idea of treating certain indigenous species as aliens, writes Roelof Bezuidenhout.
Profit from better broiler production
Get the basics right – temperature, brooding, oxygen and lighting – says broiler specialist Matthew Wilson.
Huntersvlei & Pothou Sale
Highest (bull): R150 000
Villagers in the North West left with broken promises
Large mining companies are raising, then dashing, the hopes of poor villagers in North West.
Bad water management stalls progress
Poor management of irrigation schemes is hindering expansion and economic development.
Still no clarity on OIE animal health recommendations
Representatives of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are due to revisit SA this month to assess the progress on managing animal health issues here.
Beating out a new path in sugarcane
Introducing biological practices was a brave move on the part of Pongola sugar farmer Ernst Holl – but a current yield of 120t cane/ha from 16-year-old cane shows he’s on the right path. Robyn Joubert reports.
Farmers asked to help identify worm
It turns out the outbreak of worms in the Mokopane area in Limpopo and Rayton in eastern Gauteng during September and October 2013, was not army worm, but another kind of worm.
More irrigation farming needed
South Africa’s employment growth and economic momentum could be at stake if irrigation farms are not expanded.
How to stop plums from going brown
A plum can look good on the outside but be brown and inedible on the inside. Dr Mariana Jooste explains that the problem lies in the method of cold storage and can be solved.
Isolated outbreaks of army worm reported
Outbreaks of army worm have been reported in the Mokopane area in Limpopo and Rayton in eastern Gauteng.
First Northern Tuli Club sale
Highest (bull): R44 000
Oliphant spotlights agriculture in the Western Cape
Fresh from a child labour seminar in Brazil, labour minister Mildred Oliphant is to join teams of inspectors during the week-long blitz farm inspections in the Western Cape region of Citrusdal on Thursday, 17 October.
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