Crops

Highest (bull): R48 000

These measures could see countries being penalised for ignoring environmental issues.

Farmers are certain to find these smartphone (and iPad) apps invaluable, says Greg Miles.

Without first determining a country’s carrying capacity, it’s no use in speaking enthusiastically about ‘growth’ and a ‘sustainable future’, says Ritchie Morris.

Mastering the stir-fry is what you should be doing in your post-braaivlei phase of development.

‘Task work’ drives down productivity and sets management and workers up against each other. ‘Piece work’ is the only way to get productivity up and enable workers to earn more.

Highest (Bull): R75 000

Competition-driven companies could teach government entities a lot about customer service.

A push-to-talk app can reduce your cellphone bill significantly, says Greg Miles.

This is a classic, an absolute must for your personal cooking repertoire. Widely known as a delicious and heart-warming meal, there are many recipes available. Here’s one that never fails.

The annual Pietermaritzburg Royal Show is used by many distributors as an opportunity to introduce new machines and implements. Joe Spencer reports.

Many government projects are excellent ideas. But officials seem incapable of carrying them out.

Increased emphasis will be placed on the reduction of methane gas emissions from livestock in the future, according to Prof Michiel Scholtz, ARC Specialist Researcher: Applied Animal Breeding. He says that livestock production both contributes to the problem and suffers from the effects.

Derby The Fonteine Boran auction was held on 25 May. Francois Smit of Fonteine Borans sold the top-priced bull FN 06 068 to Conrad Coetzer of Rankin Operations Pretoria for R170 000.

How Starbucks and other companies avoid paying big bucks in the highest tax jurisdictions.

Graaff Reinet 52 Stud and 108 commercial Nguni cattle were offered for sale at the annual Karoo Nguni Club Auction.

Google has ‘mapped’ almost every town on the planet, says Greg Miles.

The Royal Show, which opens the week after Nampo, invariably seems to have a selection of quite different equipment. Joe Spencer reports.

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.

This began as ‘nursery food’ designed to motivate picky eaters. Today, it is a non-age-specific staple in our family, giving new life to potatoes and their poor relations, sweet potatoes.