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Say “today’s meal is a salad” to any red-blooded, hungry individual and a nasty tone of defiance is sure to consume the conversation. But, just before things get out of hand, add the mystic words “Thai chicken” and all sorts of transformations in mood and food desire start to kick in. Salad alone is a punitive and unnatural thing, but the high octane enhancements of the Thai sauce, coupled with the protein slam-dunk that comes with the chicken, makes this meal as real as food can get.

Falcon Agricultural Equipment’s sales of Amazone implements in SA are growing at a steady rate. Joe Spencer reports.

How Botswana’s International Financial Services Centre company regime can help you save on tax.

Government throws a fortune at small-scale farmer development – yet fails to monitor the results.

The QR is a form of bar code and can store a lot of data that’s easy to access.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries hereby announces the publication of the Agricultural Produce Marketing Agencies Bill for public comments.

I guess there are 10 million versions of this national dish. This one gives you the basis to experiment while simultaneously amazing your friends with your Thai-flavoured expertise.

John Deere received a SIMA 2013 silver medal in Paris in February for its new Remote Display Access system. Joe Spencer reports.

Be aware though, someone might also be spying on you, warns Greg Miles.

Global confectionary giant Ferrero, manufacturer of Ferrero Roche and Nutella, is looking to expand its network of hazelnut growers in SA, delegates heard at the East Coast Intensive Horticulture growers’ day at Cedara recently.

Peter Hittersay continues his overview of various tractor parts in the fourth part of this series.

Bad short-term solutions can produce disastrous long-term results, hurting those you’re trying to help.

Speaking in parliament during the debate on the State of the Nation address, minister of Rural Development and Land Refom, Gugile Nkwinti, rejected claims that land reform had failed.

One of the many challenges you’ll face as your farming business grows is deciding how many people to employ, writes Roelof Bezuidenhout.

So this family holds a major braai with food of limitless quality and abundance. Somewhere around midnight, the well-fed masses went home, leaving this writer with the singular task of cleaning up.

We’ve had to deal with shock cost increases before. All we need are cool heads, calm analysis and decision-making.

Will the billions of rands allocated to farmers all be allocated correctly? With our officials, don’t bet on it.

Most farmers want to avoid having to retrench workers as a result of dramatically increased labour wages and costs associated with conditions of employment. Attorney Rob McCarthy, a specialist in labour and land law, gives some cost-saving options and advice.

These gadgets can be especially useful to farmers, says Greg Miles.

Winner of three Nampo Boerepatente competitions, Michris Janse van Rensburg is back with a manually propelled combination seed and fertiliser planter. Joe Spencer reports.