Shame on you, Mpumalanga!
What the hell were officials from Mpumalanga’s department of agriculture thinking when they left Drakensberger stud animals at its research facility near Ermelo without food and water?
Horror in the Free State
The Free State is in mourning. We’re all grieving about the nearly 185 000ha that’s been destroyed by veld fires in the province so far this season.
Eish, guys – watch what you say (in public)!
To invest or not to invest... The jackal was really let loose following Agri SA vice-president Theo de Jager’s recent remarks about farmers investing in agriculture. Or, rather, not investing.
An epidemic of criminal neglect
I seldom, if ever, agree with a politician, but I’m willing to make an exception when it comes to police minister Nathi Mthethhwa’s recent statement during a visit to Diepsloot...
South Africans are quite an unhappy lot – apparently
Oh my word, we South Africans are apparently a sad lot. Even sadder than Zimbabweans.
World class agriculture vs land expropriation
World class agriculture – that is what South Africa’s primary food producers are all about.
Kudos to Grain SA!
Well done Grain SA! Nampo 2012 was a resounding success. For the first time in years I experienced the geniality and warm-heartedness that so distinguished Nampo in the past.
Nkwinti’s men neither willing nor able
Having had quite enough of the constant stream of criticism from fed-up farmers about the various failures of land reform, minister of rural development...
Tina’s antics are unbecoming
Let’s make no mistake – we’ve probably got the most beautiful minister of agriculture in the world. But Tina Joemat-Pettersson’s increasingly unpredictable behaviour is worrying.
Grudging respect for the black- backed jackal.
Skêlm, cunning, clever... that is Canis mesomelas, better known as the black-backed jackal. I know I might be putting my foot in it, but I have a grudging respect for...
Get involved in farm security
Why on God’s green earth would anybody want to hurl a petrol bomb into the cabin of 36-year-old Christo van Rensburg’s bakkie? What could have been the motive behind such...
The danger of flash trading
Heard of ‘flash trading’? No? Neither have I and the majority of grain producers in the country. Well, Boeta, this is mind-boggling technology that might very well affect you on...
Man among men
“He who sees the invisible will achieve the impossible,” said Helen Keller, and coming from that great man Brand Pretorius it’s not just another nice quotation one remembers for a...
Give credit where credit is due
Our commercial farmers must get credit for the good that they do in their local communities.
An apology to Ian Player
My heart bleeds for Ian Player, that grand old man of nature conservation in South Africa. Oom Ian, I’m so sorry for what they’re doing to the rhinos you and...
New energy at the 2012 Grain SA congress
Hats off to Jannie de Villiers and the Grain SA team for an exciting new approach to the organisation’s 2012 congress!
Vaaljapie
Forget about the international economic meltdown, the inequalities of the past and or the beautiful pie in the sky dreams of the politicians --- the one thing that is holding...
