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.
A new grain industry for SA
The newly formed NuGrainSA Consortium recently introduced the so-called pseudo grains quinoa, buckwheat, millet and grain amaranth to the South African agricultural fraternity. William Weeks says the consortium’s vision is to introduce broad-leaf cereal crops to the South African economy.
Women’s month ends on high note
DAFF acknowledges and celebrates the achievements of South African female farmers.
Aiming for ‘incremental nationalisation’
Government claims to be acting in the interests of the rural poor to redress “a great historical wrong”, but land reform of the kind that it proposes is “essentially a charade”, said Dr Anthea Jeffery of the SA Institute of Race Relations
Consumers to expect fuel price decrease
The retail prices of all grades of petrol, the wholesale prices of both grades of diesel and illuminating paraffin and the maximum retail prices of LPGas will be adjusted with effect from Wednesday, 2 October 2013.
Volunteers around the world help end hunger
October is World Hunger Action Month, when Stop Hunger Now raises public awareness around the issue of world hunger.
Poultry tariffs bring quantum of solace
After months of delays, the new poultry tariffs were gazetted on 30 September, and there seems to be consensus that the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) has taken into account the needs of consumers, local industry and importers.
Higher import duties on poultry
Duties on imported chicken have been raised to help the ‘distressed’ local industry and halt job losses, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said at a press conference in Pretoria.
Beekeeping boosts rural upliftment
Rural communities and farm workers can supplement their incomes by cashing in on South Africa’s honey shortage. With African Honey Bee’s business model, budding beekeepers can gain the skills to operate independently. Lindi van Rooyen reports.
AfriForum to take farm killings to UN
AfriForum will ask the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues to call for the prioritisation of farm murders in November.
All fracking wells fail over time – Van Tonder
There were at least 600 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of technically-recoverable shale gas in the Karoo, but getting it out through hydraulic fracturing (fracking) could have dire consequences for the Karoo’s groundwater supply.
Total Dispersal Sale of Scoltzer Boerdery
Highest (cow): R36 000
Mequatling Angus Sale
Highest (bull): R94 000
Understanding erosion – Part 2
This week we take a closer look at soil erosion, which reduces productivity and pollutes watercourses, wetlands and lakes.
All ahead for conservation agriculture
At the first annual conference of Conservation Agriculture in the Western Cape, low soil disturbance, mulching lands and crop rotation were recurring themes. Marius Swart was there.
2nd Limpopo Limousin Stud Sale
Highest (bull): R34 000
Commercial pig production: A quick income earner
Not having specific skills to diversify should not be a deterrent, according to Thami Zimu.
Watch out for Mycotoxins
Mycotoxins, which are present in most animal feed, can affect a poultry flock badly. It’s crucial to manage feed and the environment to lower mycotoxin levels.
Sharing information about tilapia farming
With demand exceeding supply, working together and sharing information about tilapia farming will benefit us all.
The high cost of poor bull management
Badly managed bulls are costing the national beef herd dearly, with disease and financial consequences that cattlemen will feel for
years to come. Susan Botes investigates the re-emergence of STDs.
SA labour laws eroding job creation potential
Government has come out in support of the National Planning Commission’s estimate in the National Development Plan (NDP) that agriculture could create close to a million more jobs.
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