Enough is enough! – TAU SA
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...
Advice fresh from the farm
Getting advice from fellow farmers, agronomists and specialists in all areas of agriculture is never a bad thing.
We need each other to make this work
Wildlife ranching SA’s target for game meat exports this year is 12 000t. This would generate at least R1,5 billion – a boost the industry could inject into SA’s struggling...
A collective stance is needed
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.
Automation in the dairy industry
This system allows you to feed and milk your cows at the touch of a button.
Good science to fuel the future
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.
Recession fears and resilient farm prices
The South African economy has seen better days. First, the rand nose-dived to a record low of R14/US$, which put a damper on cuts to local fuel prices for September...
Farming competitively – it can be done!
Despite facing serious challenges, South African agriculture can nonetheless increase its competitiveness, both locally and internationally. Prof Gerald Ortmann, head of Agricultural Economics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, explores some...
Breaking down the communication barrier
A new app from Skype enables real-time translation of foreign languages.
It takes money to make and save money
With profit margins remaining under pressure, farmers need to pull out all the stops to stay in business.
It’s not just about the money
In the struggle to eradicate poverty and hunger, the most important factor is people, not money. Unless a country is willing to better itself, no donor institution will succeed in...
Reinstating trust in negotiations
Over the past few weeks, Agri SA members across the country gathered at the organisation’s provincial conferences to discuss those issues most pressing to farmers.
Why farmers should drive with their radios on
No, not to listen to the latest Taylor Swift liedjie, or to take pride in the fact that you were out of bed and, after having had coffee with a...
A microcosm of SA agriculture
The 14 August issue of Farmer's Weekly is a microcosm of South Africa’s agricultural sector.
Dust, spray and eradicate
First it was drones. Now unmanned helicopters could become the next big thing.
Our strengths, our problems and our future
SA has economic opportunities, but tough challenges. For farmers, positives are a sizeable domestic market and top local suppliers, says Wessel Lemmer, senior agricultural economist at Absa.
Praying for rain
I had just started writing about South Africa missing out on trade opportunities while its southern hemisphere competitors wasted no time filling the gaps that opened up in international markets...
Look up to the clouds for your administrative solutions
A few minor tweaks can always save a lot of time, money and effort. And it’s not just about changing the way we physically do some of the things on...
Sustaining the SA trout industry
South Africa’s trout industry has a meaningful socioeconomic role to play in the country’s future, says llan Lax, chairperson of the Federation of SA Flyfishers.
Don’t dismiss smallholder farming
I started writing for Farmer’s Weekly about seven years ago. At that time, I was inclined to follow the school of thought which asserted that smallholder farming was a poverty...
