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...
Land reform – let’s stay out of the boxing ring
SA’s land reform debacle could destroy everything achieved since 1994, warns communications expert Prof David Venter. He was speaking at the recent Hortgro Science Symposium held near Franschhoek.
The future of meat processing is here
New robot technology can debone breasts at a rate of 1 500 chickens per hour.
‘We need experienced positive people’ – Gwede Mantashe
Speaking on strategy to Eastern Cape farmers, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe stressed that white commercial farmers were the key to successful transformation. Moreover, rational and positive debate was needed to...
Interactive & environmentally friendly
Instantly available, digital magazines are becoming ever more popular, says Greg Miles.
Cleaner energy should be our focus
Last month, Germany closed down yet another nuclear power station. This was done without affecting the country’s energy-generating capacity as the plant had already been replaced by alternative energy sources...
Things won’t change by themselves
It was seven years ago that South Africa’s shortage of power generating capability first became evident with electricity blackouts.
Uniting for growth – government and farmers
KZN MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development Cyril Xaba recently addressed farmers at the KZN Poultry Institute in Pietermaritzburg, sharing his strategy of forming partnerships in the sector.
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