The difference between vaccination and treatment
Vaccines and treatment drugs can both be injected, but the two are not the same.
Finding out about diesel rebates
SARS recently clamped down on diesel rebates, and many farmers have been hit with hefty fines. Don’t become one of them. Susan Pletts goes through the claims process.
Why organic is better and cheaper
Don’t be fooled by lab tests, healthy soil in an organic system is more fertile than conventionally fertilised soil.
Farmers, get to know your neighbour
City dwellers may get by without taking much interest in what goes on in their street or block of flats, but farmers simply can’t afford to ignore their neighbours, says Roelof Bezuidenhout.
When the bite is worse than the bark
The symptoms, prevention and treatment of the killer disease rabies.
Identifying the predator
Accurate identification of the damage-causing animal (DCA) preying on your livestock is critical to a predator management strategy.
Working capital
Make sure you can pay your bills while you wait for your farming operation to earn an income, cautions Susan Pletts.
Keep your broilers cool
Follow these tips provided by the Livestock Research and Innovation Institute of the Limpopo Department of Agriculture to reduce the effect of summer’s high temperatures on broiler houses.
Working together
Plant root systems and the soil surrounding them have a symbiotic relationship vital to plant production.
Step 3 – How to protect the land
Monitor overhead cables and other potentially dangerous structures.
Buying a farm – 3
Implement a record keeping system as soon as you move on to your new farm says Susan Pletts.
Buying a farm – part 2
Buyers often forget that they must pay the ‘tax’ portion of the purchase price of the farm, cautions Susan Pletts.
Buying a farm
Base the decision to buy a farm on sound business principles, not on emotion and sentiment, cautions Susan Pletts.
The importance of humus
Among many other things, this wonderful substance feeds and protects soil life.
Grasses, grazers and grazing
If you’re changing from cash crops to livestock farming, you will have to get your veld management right, cautions Roelof Bezuidenhout.
Retail emerging markets demystified
Land Bank’s REM financing package has some tough requirements, and many readers have asked for some of these to be clarified, writes Susan Pletts.
