Communities benefit from forestry enterprise

The Umgano Project has already improved the lives of over a hundred families through a successful forestry enterprise. With the introduction of a sustainably grazed commercial Nguni herd just months...

Dual cropping ‘Ts & Cs’

Answering your questions about dual-cropping maize with winter legume-based forages.

Conservation agriculture: ‘the best way’ for grain farmers

Western Cape Grain Farmer of the Year finalists CD and Erhardt du Toit have no reason to go over old ground, choosing instead to bank on the practices of conservation...

Dual cropping – it can work!

Dual cropping can dramatically improve the profitability of maize and livestock production units.

Profit from dual cropping

By introducing legume-based pastures through dual cropping, farmers can increase yield substantially.

Soil minerals & animal production

The profitability of livestock production is largely determined by herd reproduction rate, herd health and feeding costs. Soil minerals have a profound influence on these factors.

Corridor project to conserve grassland biodiversity

The Mountain Zebra and Camdeboo National Parks in the Eastern Cape have launched a corridor project to protect biodiversity in valuable grasslands between the two parks. Denene Erasmus spoke to...

Soil minerals, quality forage

To feed the animal, it’s vital to feed the plant. And to do this properly, you must feed the soil. Short-cuts don’t work!

Profit from Sericea

Feeding Sericea hay to weaned lambs and other livestock during winter can make all the difference to your bottom line.

Sericea planting tips

Call it ‘smart man’s lucerne’ – if you get it in at the right time and control weeds, there’s no looking back.

Profiting from biodiversity

Commercial interests often clash with conservation, but as KwaZulu-Natal farming couple Irvin Pascal and Nomalanga Mosala have shown, these two aspects certainly do not need to be mutually exclusive. Richard...

Albrecht: the SA experience

Albrecht soil science is the surest way to growing high-quality, low-cost-pastures, says John Fair.

Is Eskom doing enough to save the Cape Vulture?

Mike Burgess reports on how man’s energy hunger could spell doom of one of our most iconic bird species – the Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) – despite attempts to lessen...