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.
Prince Igor beef fillet
Ever since the first man stuck a lump of meat on a stick and held it over a fire, roasting has been a mainline tradition. With a history this long, various bits of ornamentation and finesse have
crept into the basic recipe. Make a Prince Igor beef fillet and turn your guests into awestruck, knee-bending fans of your cooking skills.
Common watermelon fungal diseases
Watermelons are generally grown in fairly dry climates as this reduces the risk of diseases considerably.
How to deal with pecking order – horses
Running horses in herds can lead to aggression and life-threatening injuries, cautions Dr Mac.
Caring for pigeon latecomers
Do your pigeons always return after the others? Thomas Smit suggests some reasons for this.
Strip till and other implements
The latest in strip till technology, together with several advanced weeding systems, was on show at Cereals 2013. Joe Spencer reports.
A website to beef up our lifestyle
The SA Red Meat Industry has launched a website where consumers can find a host of information, not only about how to cook and prepare their favourite beef dishes, but also about nutrition, beef classification and cuts, as well as how to nominate their favourite butchery for a Cleaver Award.
Know your cattle: Simbra
Hardy, smooth-coated & well-adapted.
Sappi delists from NYSE
South Africa-based forestry, pulp and paper multinational Sappi has announced its intention to voluntarily delist its American Depositary Shares from the New York Stock Exchange.
A house of cob by the seaside
Robyn is looking to build a home with a cob. Find out what Jonno has designed for her.
Mines deny acid mine drainage responsibility
Taxpayers should foot the bill for acid mine drainage (AMD), as they benefited from the economic growth brought about by the mining sector.
Top pig stud gains from strong genetics
A strict selection policy, in which only 50% of female piglets born are selected as F1 gilts, has gained the Leanside pig stud a reputation for superior genetics. It has also earned it the 2013 SA Studbook and Vleissentraal Elite Pig Stud award.
Partnering to turn around SA’s land reform failures
VKB is a strategic partner in government’s Recapitalisation and Development Programme. Transformation manager Moses Maine explains
to Peter Mashala what this means in practice.
A government partnership at last
Success in SA agriculture lies in the government helping those who can help developing farmers.
Tilapia feeds & feeding: get it right
Feed costs are the largest single input in fish culture, accounting for approximately 40% of the sale price.
Small-scale ostrich farming success
Martin Fick and Adriaan Olivier led a group of ostrich farmers in the Eastern Cape to success.
Grassfields Beef Production Sale
Highest bull R45 000
13th Brandwater Brahman Production Sale
Highest (bull): R40 000
Profiting by a softer approach
This beef and vegetable farmer has successfully merged organic products into his conventional spraying programme and is building the soil with green manure crops.
Dealing with diarrhoea – Part 2
Calf diarrhoea can cause a greater financial loss than any other disease-related problem.
Well-known agricultural scientist dies
Dr Abel Botha, one of South Africa’s foremost agricultural scientists specialising in fertiliser research died on August 29 in Johannesburg from cancer. He was 81 years old.
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