Crops

The Western Cape department of agriculture, assisting the Genadendal Farmers’ Union under the 2008 Flood Relief Scheme, has built two permanent water reservoirs near Voorstekraal, on the outskirts of Genadendal.

As agriculture remains the main source of employment and income in rural areas, where the majority of the world’s poor and hungry people live, rural agricultural cooperatives play a key role in feeding the world.

Stock theft is rampant in SA. The only way to fight it successfully is to beef up the sentences.

How not to find yourself on the losing end when going into business or undertaking a merger.

The energy minister recently gazetted the mandatory blending of biofuels at minimum concentrations of 5% for biodiesel and 2% to 10% for bio-ethanol. Once outstanding issues are resolved, this should kick-start investment in biofuels, says biofuels agricultural advisor Fanie Brink.

Buyers often forget that they must pay the ‘tax’ portion of the purchase price of the farm, cautions Susan Pletts.

Apple pie is the beginning of all fruit-based pies. American songs and movies are full of it. So here, in partial salute to apple pie, we have an apple tart, a tart being a pie without a lid. The pastry is a cinch and the caramelised sugar a new skill just waiting to be mastered.

Danatrac is now New Holland’s official distributor in Zambia. Joe Spencer reports.

Ill-informed consumers who demand less crop protection chemicals and have irrational fears of genetically modified food are a risk to farmer’s survival. Who is taking responsibility to ensure that the truth about food is getting to the consumer, asks Lindi van Rooyen.

Government has no money for small-scale farmers, but millions to spare for King Zwelithini’s sixth wife.

The career of an athlete may last 10 years. A business manager has to perform at optimum efficiency for 40 years or more. That takes some doing.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries presented its 2011/12 annual report and once again an unqualified audit report, to the Parliamentary oversight body the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, focusing on the implementation of Outcomes 4, 7 and 10.

Base the decision to buy a farm on sound business principles, not on emotion and sentiment, cautions Susan Pletts.

They say travel broadens the mind. My travels tend to broaden my waistline, which is how I discovered my first tabouleh in Hong Kong (quite a distance from Lebanon!). There are many tabouleh recipes, but none have tasted as good as that first dish...until I got this recipe.

NWK’s website, which went live earlier this year, offers visitors a variety of interactive functions that facilitate and enrich their web experience.

As usual, local manufacturers showcased their products at the annual Nedbank Eston Show. Joe Spencer reports.

It’s impossible to tender for any government work without a tax compliance certificate, therefore it’s crucial to know your rights here.

The needs of Zimbabwe’s elderly struggling to live on at best US$20- $40 per month continue to grow.

Chicken imports could ruin small-scale SA farmers. Government and big producers must act now.

South Africa could go down a number of paths in the next five years. Strategist and author Clem Sunter outlined these scenarios at the recent PestBiz congress in Durban.