Crops

Electronic identification and auto-drafting makes livestock management easier, says Greg Miles.

If your industry organisation is not delivering value, get to the heart of the problem, and fix the leadership and management. As a farmer, it’s part of your job.

Traditional councils will never change until the government actively urges communities to vote.

Recently back from Agritechnica in Germany, Joe Spencer highlights the ‘best of the biggest’ at the exhibition.

Try this site for strategies to improve your overall profitability, says Greg Miles.

The following case illustrates the limits of the tax authority’s powers in winding up proceedings.

Joe Spencer reports on European tractor manufacturers at Agritechnica whose products are available in South Africa.

Competitions are not only about prizes. They’re extremely useful as teaching tools for young farmers. We need more sponsorships to attract more entrants.

Why spend endless hours labouring on your Christmas dinner when you can get mouthwatering results with less effort? For the turkey, I’ve chosen a delicious recipe from my 85-year-old aunt in Brooklyn, New York.

An agricultural skills training model is ready, but government take-up is not forthcoming, says education expert Dr Raymond Sparrow.

Our vegetable expert Bill Kerr describes a quick, practical way of recording those ‘little things’ that so often can become big problems if forgotten.

A departmental head is sacked for excellence but no one is held accountable for R30,8 billion of wastage.

You might like something a little less sweet for Christmas pudding. For that, try this mango pudding recipe.

Most traditional Christmas food assumes that we all live at the North Pole and need huge amounts of fat and salt to cope with frost bite and snow blindness. So instead of whole sucking pigs, turkeys and geese, here’s a local take on the national bird of Africa, and a homage to the mango, undoubtedly the most astonishing fruit that ever grew in the Garden of Eden.

Traditionally, in the cold northern hemisphere zones, Christmas puddings tend to be elaborate, doughy masses of flour and fruit, drowned in brandy and then set on fire.

Rolled pork belly is the regular presentation of this prize cut, but for this recipe you need to consult your butcher. Ask him to prepare an unrolled pork belly and to cut a pocket into the meat. This should ideally be nearly as wide and as deep as the belly as a whole.

Regardless of your farming method, take the ‘law of the land’, add some modernity, and you’ll farm forever.

Buying top-quality racers and breeders in ‘virtual auctions’ is easy, says Greg Miles.

To measure the performance of your business, you need a target. Get yourself one by benchmarking against the best in the business.

In addition to winning a gold medal at Agritechnica, Claas walked away with a record six silver medals for innovation.