Africa is on the rise – are you?
Agri-business consultant, Peter Hughes, urges South Africans to set aside their entrenched biases and embrace Africa’s great economic turnaround.
More calls for unity in macadamia sector
As a grower and chairperson of the Southern African Macadamia Growers Association (Samac), I share his frustrations at the apathy of some macadamia growers/handlers who continue to benefit from the...
The good, the bad & the ugly
Boet, I’ve seen many things in my life, but the drought in the North West is the closest I’ve come to hell on earth.
‘FARE’ solutions for Western Cape agri woes
Income tax incentives for farmers providing housing to workers, and greater protection for farm workers’ rights, are some of the recommendations made in a report aimed at finding solutions to...
Skills training is available
An agricultural skills training model is ready, but government take-up is not forthcoming, says education expert Dr Raymond Sparrow.
Amazing Mauritius
Mauritius really is what it’s jacked up to be. I’m not a beach person and I hate being sat down under an umbrella, smothered with suntan lotion.
Botswana’s hunting ban fallout
Hans Vermaak, president of the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (Phasa), explains why he is worried about Botswana’s looming hunting ban.
A billion mouths to feed by 2030 – time to make a plan
By 2030, the world will have one billion more mouths to feed. To meet this growing food need, we require a sustainable, enabling agricultural environment. Can this be achieved in...
Nothing new under the sun
Boeta, with genetics and genomics being the buzzwords of the century, let me tell you the story of Robert Bakewell, the farmer from Leicestershire who transformed the quality of Britain's...
The broadband revolution
Australia is using broadband to revitalise farming. SA is falling behind, warns Santam’s Gerhard Diedericks.
Green Paper update
At the recent National Emergent Red Meat Producers’ Organisation’s annual general meeting, Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti spoke about the reasons for some of the department’s...
Agri SA to farmers: be realistic, yet positive
The past year in agriculture has been fraught with labour unrest and tense negotiations between organised agriculture and the state. Speaking at Agri SA’s annual congress in Pretoria, the organisation’s...
Yes, but where’s our money?
I’ve tried and tried and tried again to find something positive to blog about this week. I’ve watched the news like a hawk and read every newspaper I could lay...
Managing change – FW de Klerk
According to Charles Darwin, the success of a species is not determined by its relative strength or intelligence, but by its ability to adapt to change. The same applies to...
How to feed 9 billion people
There are seven billion people on earth today. It is estimated that by 2050, this will have increased to nine billion. Aidan Connolly of Alltech and Kate Phillips-Connolly of the...
Askies baas Jannie & voracious appetites
I stand corrected! Grain SA’s Baas Jannie has pointed out that he never implied that Agri SA is jealous of Grain SA.
Farmers must secure their destiny
Addressing the Kwanalu congress last month, chairperson Brian Aitken urged farmers to share their skills with staff and developing farmers. This would help to create greater security and certainty in...
Ranching by the (law) book
Game ranchers are unhappy with the idea of treating certain indigenous species as aliens, writes Roelof Bezuidenhout.
Grain SA vs Agri SA
Agh nee man! Why the remarks about Agri SA in the latest Grain SA newsletter? Baas Jannie, you might have had very good reasons for saying that Grain SA’s relationship...
Is this the end of the line for freshwater fishing?
Trout, carp and bass, introduced to SA more than 100 years ago, are now listed as invasive alien species. Fly fisherman Ian Cox talks about the impact of this on...
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