Crops

This could just as easily be grilled pork or even the next unexpected culinary event at the family braai. Whatever the cooking method, the outcome will thrill your diners and leave you with an immodest sense of personal achievement.

Free State Agriculture (FSA) is committed to ongoing engagement with government in order to build trust and remove racial stereotyping, according to its president, Dan Kriek. Addressing the recent 2015 FSA congress in Bloemfontein, he said commercial farmers believed in democratic values and supported change, but that policies such as land reform had to be orderly and efficient.

The KZN-based John Deere dealer network, Mascor, showcased some of its latest products at the Pietermaritzburg Royal Show. Joe Spencer attended the event.

The equation is simple: less tax + less red tape = higher profits = more jobs. Unfortunately, in South Africa, the opposite seems to be the norm.

Total and unquestioning trust between people empowers them to move mountains.

The king of the beasts may not survive the 21st century. Conflict with livestock owners in Africa, a growing demand in the Far East for large felid bones, shrinking habitat, poaching and unlawful hunting are all combining to narrow the odds for Panthera leo, one of the most revered animals on the planet, writes Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, South African hunter and conservationist.

A completely new concept in harvest technology is the result of years of original thought, design exercises and prototype trials.

There’s a mysterious colonel down our street who sells this by the bucketful. Given the complexity of the Deep South of the US, there are many variations of this much-loved regional dish. Here’s a beginner’s version to try out.

Peru has abandoned its self-destructive policies and the results speak for themselves. Could we be next?

Louis Meintjies, president of TAU SA, draws a line in the sand on how far commercial farmers can be pushed, and calls on other farmers to join him in order to defeat this ‘psychological war’.

The biennial Sugarfest Show at Amatikulu in KZN invariably comes up with something different. This year was no exception, says Joe Spencer.

A dispute between the Red Cross and SARS shows that a judge will invariably interpret a law in terms of what the legislators sought to achieve.

We all know the experience. Braaied chicken, hot and black on the outside, cold and pink on the inside. Here’s a way to avoid such horrors.

Knowing what type of farmer you are, which has nothing to do with what you produce – could mean the difference between success and failure.

Margareet Visser of the Labour and Enterprise Research Group, UCT, and Stuart Ferrer, director of the Agricultural Policy Research Unit, UKZN, discuss producer-level collective bargaining.

Michris Janse van Rensburg has enjoyed considerable commercial success with his range of hand planters and fertiliser applicators.

Beware of ‘selective perception’, or seeing things only as you would like to see them.

This is based on an ancient principle: if one is good, two is better. Hence the double salsa. While best with a freshly grilled steak, this combination also works superbly with cold beef or smoked ham.

Dr Charlie Reinhardt, a botanist from the University of Pretoria, says the challenge of global food security can only be addressed with sound scientific research and development.

If you cannot produce strong evidence and cogent arguments for your allegations, the chances are that you will lose any court battle against SARS.