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Livestock Disease Trends – October 2013
In many parts of the country the drought took its toll, with reports of protein and energy deficiencies being received.
From cattle farm to game paradise
The lush, 3 700ha game farm, Iwamanzi (place of the falling waters),
which Stan and Jacqueline Burger built up from scratch, was once an overgrazed cattle farm.
Sugarcane, with tomatoes on the side
Growing tomatoes in Pongola in summer is not for the faint- hearted. But the Terblanche family has fine-tuned its programme and picks tomatoes year-round, with many benefits for the sugarcane operation. Robyn Joubert reports.
Looking at legumes
Increase your winter legume production by inoculating for good nodule formation.
Multi-billion rand dig-out port to displace small-scale farmers
Transnet’s proposed multi-billion rand Durban Dig-Out Port (DDOP) has been met with protest action from small-scale vegetable farmers and NGOs.
Industry-specific insurance
Enrico Malan is a business development broker, specialising in agricultural and crop insurance at Marsh Africa, a global insurance broking firm. The company works with clients to design customised solutions. He explained the ins and outs of crop insurance to Annelie Coleman.
SA to give R100m to dry Namibia while North West suffers
President Jacob Zuma pledged a drought relief package worth R100 million to Namibia during his state visit there on 6 and 7 November.
Weak rand boosts milk exports
The weaker rand and higher international milk prices have resulted in increased milk exports.
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 my hands on, but, alas, the fact that our government made R100 million available for drought relief in Namibia stuck out like a sore thumb.
Just another election promise?
A new government project pledges relief for rural farmers. Will this join the other failed initiatives?
From corner supermarket to global dairy business
Federico Boglione, the company president of one of the biggest
dehydrated milk product suppliers in the world, says the main pillars
of success of his Argentinian-based family business, Los Lazos,
are diversification and value-adding. Denene Erasmus reports.
Conservation agriculture: ‘the best way’ for grain farmers
Western Cape Grain Farmer of the Year finalists CD and Erhardt du Toit have no reason to go over old ground, choosing instead to bank on the practices of conservation agriculture. Denene Erasmus reports.
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