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The new wool season is about to open amid speculation about how the slower global economic growth will affect consumer demand for clothing, according to Ona Viljoen of Cape Wools.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

To survive high input costs and price volatility in the current agricultural market farmers have to invest and expand their operations, Ernst Janovsky, head of Absa's agribusiness division, told farmers at an Agri Lephalale meeting in Limpopo recently.
Issue date : 29 August 2008

Rising fertiliser costs and growing environmental awareness are forcing farmers across the world to find more environmentally friendly ways to optimise production and fight pests. As well as a fertiliser replacement, the mycorrhiza fungus is a promising biological control method. Dr Venter from Biocult laid out its virtues to Glenneis Erasmus.
Issue date : 15 August 2008

On the eve of a meeting scheduled between minister of environmental affairs Marthinus van Schalkwyk and stakeholders in the red meat industry, Farmer's Weekly correspondent and livestock farmer Roelof Bezuidenhout pleads for a more realistic outlook in the debate around humane meat production and animal welfare.
Issue date : 15 August 2008

For thousands of years the Zulu sheep, or Izimvu, was a cornerstone of traditional pastoral practices in what later became known as KwaZulu-Natal. However, crossbreeding and fragmentation of its population have put the Izimvu on the endangered list, threatening the loss of a breed perfectly adapted to its environment. Now KZN farmer is looking to save the Izimvu from extinction. Lloyd Phillips reports.
Issue date : 08 August 2008

On the eve of a meeting scheduled between minister of environmental affairs Marthinus van Schalkwyk and stakeholders in the red meat industry, Farmer's Weekly correspondent and livestock farmer Roelof Bezuidenhout pleads for a more realistic outlook in the debate around humane meat production and animal welfare.
Issue date : 08 August 2008

Plant scientists are acknowledging silicon as a critical element in promoting plant growth and health. Now the UKZN Plant Pathology Department, headed by Prof Mark Laing, has teamed up with the company Plant Health Products to develop a silicon supplement for agricultural crops, in both slow- and quick-release formulations. Lloyd Phillips reports.
Issue date : 01 August 2008

Crime in North West will be dealt a double blow with a strategy developed by the Lichtenburg farming community and the West Department of Transport, Roads and Community Safety.
Issue date : 01 August 2008

Potatoes South Africa (PSA) has indicated it will appeal against the application by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) in which the council asks for permission to release a GMO potato, SpuntaG2, onto the market on a commercial scale.
Issue date : 01 August 2008

Owned by the Henning family from 1912, expropriated into the Venda homeland in the 1980s and now awaiting the settlement of land claims, Mununzwu Estates has been part of SA's complex dynamic between land and race relations. N ow, the Hennings have undertaken a housing project to accommodate all those who call Mununzwu home, writes Peter Mashala.
Issue date : 18 July 2008

TAU SA president Paul van der Walt called on government to put outstanding claims on hold for the next 10 years
Issue date : 11 July 2008

According to natural scientist Howard Alborough, who advises farmers on the principles of biological farming, farmers typically yield 10% to 15% more using 50% or less fertiliser when following these principles, while producing crops in increasingly healthy soil with higher nutritional value. Robyn Joubert reports.
Issue date : 04 July 2008