Crops

How can you and your co-workers develop as much passion for work as golfers have for golf? What is it that motivates golfers? The fact is, there are many business lessons to be learnt on the golf course.

With the right advice, you can put yourself in a position to claim back most of the VAT your business pays. But if you slip up, it will cost you.

Time waits for no one. Time is also money, so it's a resource you must use wisely, says Susan Pletts.

This is an important concept and one of the major challenges faced by emerging farmers.

Julius Malema's talk of changing the Constitution to allow for land grabs is merely a case of "opening one's mouth to change feet". A brief perusal of our Constitution shows that it protects landowners' property rights and also requires equitable distribution of property ownership.

To run a successful farming operation, a manager needs to know how to work well with staff, says Susan Pletts.

Successful managers get things done and know how to motivate their workers to do the same, writes Susan Pletts.

Out of all the extraordinary and enticing Indian-accented foods available, breyani is one of the all-time greats. Breyani, no matter how you spell it, is not a single dish but an entire menu all on its own. For beginner cooks struggling to break away from braais, this recipe is the way to go.

A farming enterprise needs to be managed like any other business, and it’s important that farmers make sure all their financial needs are covered, writes Kobus Engelbrecht, marketing manager of Sanlam’s Cobalt Solutions.

When you apply for a bank loan, your type of landownership is important, says financial consultant Susan Pletts.

While there is only one human activity more social than eating together, solo meals are part and parcel of the veld experience. Whether camping, hunting or fishing a person needs the pleasure of a good meal, easy to cook and a joy to eat.

The stage of lactation, genetic predisposition, and salt all influence the cows' dry matter intake, writes Malcolm Stewart-Burger.

Most cattle marketed through abattoirs in South Africa come from feedlots, where they are fattened in pens or large paddocks.

Do the sum for yourself. Take one mature pecan nut tree of eight years old, producing an average of 20kg/year pecans nut at the unshelled price of R25/kg. Multiply this by a few thousand trees and the desktop millions start flowing, writes Heather Dugmore.

We all need some goals to work towards, even if it means resolving to have some faith in government's promises to help emerging farmers, writes Phangisile.

Agri SA president Johannes Möller's New Year message to farmers is one of optimism and opportunity.

The finance ministry has just announced a new voluntary disclosure programme, which it also claims can track down international tax offenders. But is this really the case? And just how "safe" are those Swiss bank accounts?

When you experience first-hand the kind of setbacks farmers face, you can only wonder how they do it, and be thankful that they do.

Roelof Bezuidenhout, a Farmer's Weekly correspondent who farms near Steytlerville, is experiencing drought first-hand. He believes government will have to reconsider their drought aid if they want to keep farmers on the land, ensure food security and prevent permanent damage to natural resources.

A cooperative must be transparent to all its members, so everyone understands and accepts its constitution, writes Susan Pletts.