Janine Ryan

Oceanwise in the Eastern Cape is one of the largest land-based marine finfish recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) in the world. Mike Burgess visited this pioneering initiative.

The Polydress O2 Barrier 2-in-1 uniquely combines polyethylene silage film and polyamide underlay film to create an oxygen barrier that has been improved, it is claimed, by a factor of between 6 and 10.

KwaZulu-Natal’s government animal health authorities vaccinated 84 869 animals against rabies during July.

More than 150 000ha of grazing land was destroyed by veld fires in the Free State during the weekend of 11 and 12 August 2012.

SA�s mohair clip is down by millions of kilograms and producers are leaving the industry in droves. Has breeding (or inbreeding) for finer fleeces further debilitated the fragile Angora goat and can the industry ever return to farming with a fine, hardy

The results of a study on two Merino studs in the Karoo clear up many of the mysteries surrounding selection programmes for fine wool. Roelof Bezuidenhout reports.
Issue date: 04 April 2008

Increasing numbers of small stock are prey to the black-backed jackal, posing a serious threat to small-stock farmers. Two scientists found the reintroduction of larger predators changes the jackal�s role as superior predator and forces this omnivore to

SA�s egg consumption lags far behind other countries � what SA consumes in a year, China eats in a day. The Southern African Poultry Association (SAPA) has now embarked on an extensive marketing campaign to encourage higher income groups to eat more eggs.

�Farmers are production animals � but while this is a vital factor for success, most businesses crash because of problems in the markets.�
Issue date: 14 March 2008

Jacob Zuma, the newly elected president of South Africa�s ruling African National Congress (ANC), is hardly the commercial farming sector�s first choice for president.
Issue date: 14 March 2008

Ever since gays have come out of the closet, it seems it�s no longer considered a mortal sin to live an alternative lifestyle. San Francisco and Cape Town vie for the status of gay capital of the world. When Elton John married his longtime partner, the fl

Dr Rikus Kloppers of Pannar told Lloyd Phillips about the ins and outs of man-modified cultivars, and how biotechnologies from GM to conventional breeding offer farmers a brighter future.
Issue date: 29 February 2008

It is not cheap, but boy, is it delicious.

As the first Basckin in approximately 6 000 years to have anything at all to do with pork, next on this column�s menu, this recipe is full of new experiences and tempting, sometimes illicit, tastes. Let me tell you, as someone relatively new to this truly astonishing animal and its outstanding flavour qualities, pork fillets suggest to me that something went seriously wrong with the ancient translation of Leviticus.

For the novice cook producing a classic chicken � la king is one of the marks of future greatness...To take this classic off the launching pad and into the stratosphere, this recipe adds one powerful ingredient: fresh prawns, out of the shell, augmented with garlic and extra-virgin olive oil.
Issue Date: 9 March 2007