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Little progress has been made to improve knowledge about the brown locust, a super-herbivore along with which the Karoo evolved, says Dr Joh R Henschel, Arid Lands Node, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), and Centre for Environmental Management, the University of the Free State. By Roelof Bezuidenhout.

The Agricultural Research Council’s Eastern Cape emerging beef farmer for 2015, Sinako Ntseke, farms on three properties which collectively amount to more than 1 200ha. His passion for farming drives the development of his livestock operation.

The ministry of Water and Sanitation has made an undertaking that there will be no water leaks costing the South African economy billions of rand per year by 2019.

I doubt whether there were many farmers – many South Africans in fact – who enjoyed seeing President Jacob Zuma chortle his way through his last parliamentary question-and-answer session for the year.

South Africa’s minister of agriculture recently showed his department’s commitment to conserving and growing the country’s indigenous livestock genetics.

Feed and grazing management can make all the difference to a goat farm’s profitability, says Johan Steyn.

Drought stricken Free State recieved much needed rain after farmers gathered in Bothaville for Grain SA’s prayer day on Friday.

Minister of agriculture Senzeni Zokwana failed to impress the members of the opposition party, scoring an ‘E’ in the DA’s annual Cabinet Report Card.

More than 1000 people attended Grain SA’s prayer day for South Africa and its agricultural sector in Bothaville today.

In 1997, father-and-son farming team Keith and Chris Clubb moved from their Gauteng-based farming operation to establish what is now a large commercial mixed farming operation in Zambia. Chris, a veterinarian, shares their experiences on the subject.

The Big Bang left the universe in a constant state of change, and the climate here on planet Earth is no exception.

Agri SA and Senwes have launched the Droogte Ramp Fonds (Drought Disaster Fund) where the public can donate money online to farmers who need drought relief.