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Maize success in the Overberg
As maize is a summer crop that requires sufficient water and nutrients, most farmers won’t plant it in a winter rainfall area. But John Walker, a Western Cape farmer with access to irrigation water, produces maize to make quality silage for his Jersey cows.
Our farmers deserve honour
Throughout the drought and challenges they faced during the year, our farmers kept ploughing on.
The Anglo-Boer War’s Basutoland refugees
It is a little known fact that Orange Free State Boer families were once offered refuge during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) in Lesotho, then Basutoland. The resentment of Boer fighters, who sacrificed everything in the war, towards returning refugees reverberates to this day.
Northern Cape rains not benefitting dry areas
A recent cloud-burst over Garies, in Namaqualand, in the southern part of the Northern Cape, caused major flooding on a few farms in the vicinity.
Digging up African treasure
Plant breeder Mohammed Mohammed, a PhD student at UKZN, is researching the Bambara groundnut, a high-protein legume.
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.
Red meat producers are cautiously optimistic
Large-scale red meat exports from Namibia and Botswana have scaled down, which is likely to push weaner prices up.
SA grain value chain positive about 2014
Current decreases in global prices for both maize and soya bean are being offset by the weakening of the rand and increased production volumes locally, promising the grain value chain another good year, according to Standard Bank’s head of Agribusiness, Nico Groenewald.
Commercial success for small-scale cattleman
Starting with just 10 Bonsmaras, ARC National Emerging Beef Farmer for 2013 Moses Zengetwa today has a herd of 120 highly productive Bonsmara-type cows and heifers. Mike Burgess visited him on his farm near Elliot.
Bosparadys – A family success story
Business expansion and community development are guiding principles in the Khourie family business. Bosparadys is a thriving dairy concern set to expand despite the tough economic environment dairy farmers operate in.
Record maize harvest for US
The US Grains Council reported a record maize harvest of 355.3 million metric tons for the 2013/2014 season.
Agriculture in 2013: Huge wage increase rocks agriculture
Minimum wages, drought, fires, disease, import tariffs and a meat labelling scandal.These were all issues on the agricultural agenda this year. Farmer’s Weekly news editor, Niel Saayman, compiled this overview of the year’s main news stories.
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