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Roelof Bezuidenhout takes us through the preparation of the clip.

The rand’s recent drop against the US dollar could see local farmers scrambling to buy imported agricultural machinery.

More than 244 500ha were lost to veld fires in the Free State in the 2012/2013 veld fire season and authorities are concerned that the pattern may be repeated in the 2013/2014 season.

The plummeting value of the rand is good news for farmers in the export industry, but will impoverish the rest of the country.

Cold areas will soon get their first winter frosts. Minimise the damage by taking certain measures. Most often, a light frost will occur about a week into May in cold areas.

As a result of late summer rains during the first half of April there was an increase in parasite numbers (wireworm, long-necked bankrupt worm and brown stomach worm).

Willie Nel, recipient of Rooibos Limited’s Producer of the Year Award, says sustainable rooibos production depends on a rotation cycle that will ensure consistently good quality yields. Denene Erasmus reports.

A goat farmer must plan veld and flock management in advance, advises Roelof Bezuidenhout.

Producers in the summer grain production areas have started harvesting the 2012/2013 grain crop, but yields were fluctuating dramatically from region to region.

Dakalo Magwede left a teaching career to farm cattle full time. Working hard to prove herself in this male-dominated business, she has been honoured as the Limpopo Female Farmer of the Year – not just once, but twice. Peter Mashala spoke to her.

The Droughtmaster beef cattle breed was officially introduced to South African stud and commercial beef breeders on 24 April in the Vryburg district.

Water, coal, gas and oil. The future of these finite resources holds the key to the future of agriculture. That’s why farmers should participate in legislative processes to ensure the implementation of long- term solutions today, says Prof Kobus van der Walt, environmental lecturer at North-West University. Susan Botes reports.