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A niche market is growing for grass-fed beef amongst consumers. An entrepreneurial couple in the Kwazulu-Natal Midlands is tapping into this, with their all-natural beef fetching around R20/kg more than grain-fed beef at R69,98/kg.Lloyd Phillips reports.
Issue date: 24 April 2009

The authorities don't recognise wildlife ranchers as agriculturists. Farmers who sell or hunt game on their properties can't benefit from land tax rebates or drought relief even though many run mixed livestock/game enterprises.
Issue date : 03 April 2009

I love farming. Farming isn't a job, it's a way of life. Anyone who wants to farm to make money should rather buy a bottle store or a KFC franchise and you'd make a lot more. But I can't guarantee you'll have the same lifestyle.
Issue date: 20 March 2009

Howard Ballantyne pioneered game farming in the typical cattle country of Adelaide in the Eastern Cape. Over 30 years he built up the biggest privately owned herd of Kafue lechwe on 2 100ha, attracting lucrative business from international hunters. But as Mike Burgess discovered, all his efforts may be nullified by legislation entrenched in the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004.
Issue date: 20 March 2009

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In world terms South Africa is the 11th highest emitter of greenhouse gas. Population and gross domestic product place us higher. At the recent Climate Change Summit between 3 and 6 March, government and various other bodies shared their views on what needs to be done to reduce the effects of climate change. Glenneis Erasmus and Sharon Götte report.

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God has shown me so many times, in my life as a farmer, impossible situations turn around through prayer and faith and become quite normal. I think farmers need more faith to farm in this age then they did 100 years ago. Things are getting so critical and the margin of error is so great, without faith in God it can't be done.
Issue date: 13 March 2009

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I take it all back, Mr Weatherman - you've got it right for once! Rain, glorious rain! The dreaded word "drought", which was whispered in every conversation around here since Christmas, has been consigned to memory. The skies are still black, thunder rumbles, promising even more rain.
Issue date: 13 March 2009

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If you're squeamish, stop reading right now! I'm about to tell you why I vowed to never eat meat again.
Issue date : 06 March 2009

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KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Environmental Affairs Mtholephi Mthimkhulu has been meeting with food industry roleplayers to find ways to curb high food prices. In Durban he explained how the global economic crisis has come to local shores, and put his faith in cooperation.
Issue date : 06 March 2009

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A rising demand for environmentally friendly production practices, combined with escalating fertiliser prices, forces farmers to find more natural and economical ways to optimise production. Bennie van Greunen tells Glenneis Erasmus how clover helps him and his brothers attain this goal.
Issue date: 06 March 2009

Brothers Francois and Cobus Uys own the Patryskraal Stud near Bredasdorp and have been dominating the SA Merino Championships for the past 10 years. Cobus shares the secret of their success.
Issue date : 27 February 2009

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I've always had a problem with deadlines. I leave things until the last minute in the hope that inspiration and effort will compel action.
Issue date : 20 February 2009