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.
Street View Maps
Google has ‘mapped’ almost every town on the planet, says Greg Miles.
How to stop your hens from eating their own eggs
Fairly common, especially among free-range layers, this can be a hard habit to break – so prevention is better than cure.
‘Farmer scientists’ needed
Here’s a chance to help farmers and policymakers address the problem of livestock predation, say Graham Kerley and Craig Tambling of the
Centre for African Conservation Ecology.
Berry boon for Limpopo farm
Limpopo is generally associated with game ranching, beef, maize, sorghum and sunflowers, yet this province is eminently suited to berry growing, as Blueberry Heights shows. Lindsey Sanderson visited the farm.
Equipment seen at The Royal Show
The Royal Show, which opens the week after Nampo, invariably seems to have a selection of quite different equipment. Joe Spencer reports.
Getting started with pigeons
Pigeon racing can be a pleasurable and financially rewarding pastime, but you need to consider several factors before taking the plunge, says Thomas Smit.
Can horses eat Smutsfinger hay?
In mid-winter, fodder is always short and we need to know if horses can safely eat what’s available and affordable. Dr Mac provides some answers.
South Africa staggers while Africa booms – Schüssler
South Africa’s economy is not growing fast enough to stem the growing tide of unemployment. The ‘new normal’ for the country is 2,5% to 3,5% of GDP growth per year.
Vaal water restrictions imminent
Irrigation farmers along the Vaal River could soon face water restrictions as demand is increasing. If restrictions were to be imposed, farmers would be first in line to bear the brunt.
Vulture massacre highlights illegal use of poison
Parties responsible for the killing of 48 Cape Griffon vultures and one African white-backed vulture should be punished, said Griffon Poison Information Centre director Dr Gerhard Verdoorn.
Resurrecting an old building
I had a call from Anton, who asked me to restore one of the original homes on his game farm near Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal.
Durban sardines in polenta
The annual sardine run is a major feature of the KZN coastline. Millions of migrating sardines, or pilchards as the West Coast calls them, migrate close inshore where people of all ages scoop them out of the sea, crazed by the idea of free food. It’s one hell of sight. Your writer was one of these crazies and the results of his catch feature here today.
BFAP predicts lower profit margins for farmers
Over the next 10 to 20 years farmers can expect narrower profit margins compared to the past five years, with fierce competition among local and international players.
Some lesser cucurbit pests & diseases
There are two species of leaf miner that can cause a problem – Liriomyza huidobrensis and L. trifolii. The former prefers temperate climates, the latter warmer climates.
Gwede Mantashe to co-ordinate agriculture revival
Agriculture is such a complex industry that one ministry has difficulty co-ordinating all the functions involved.
Agriculture risks summit planned in Ghana
The Risks in Agriculture Summit to be held from 26 to 27 November 2013 in Accra, Ghana, hopes to provide a platform for high level discussions for delegates involved in the growth, trade, transportation, storage and processing of cocoa, coffee, cotton, palm oil and rubber in the West African Region.
Locusts cause food crisis in Madagascar
Up to a quarter of Madagascar’s food crops have been destroyed by a locust plague raging since last year.
How do we attract the youth?
It is as important to draw young people into farming as it is to retain those who are already on the land.
DuPont Pioneer, Pannar Seed transaction concluded
DuPont Pioneer and Pannar Seed announced the conclusion of the transaction in which Pioneer has acquired a majority share in Pannar earlier today.
Well-known figure in agriculture dies
Schalk Burger, previously the manager for market development at Old Mutual’s agriculture department, died of heart attack on Monday.
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