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SA's subsistence-farmed grain may be prone to dangerous levels of aflatoxin and fumonisin. A "farm to fork" health check is urgently needed. Roelof Bezuidenhout spoke to Edson Ncube.
Issue date: 30 May 2008

Two of Zimbabwe's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' (ZNSPCA) inspectors have been deployed to camp on the farm Friedawell near Chinhoyi, about 100km north of Harare.

While Eskom waits for a decision from the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa), on its request for a 53% electricity price increase, new information has emerged which shows uneven charging of tariffs between large industrial and commercial users compared with residential and rural customers.
Issue date: 23 May 2008

It's possible for genetically modified (GM) maize to increase average yield by as much as 20%.
Issue date: 25 April 2008

After years of experiments, farmer Andr� Lund champions ultra-high-intensity strip grazing in the Karoo. Roelof Bezuidenhout finds out why.
Issue date: 18 April 2008

Many smallstock farmers toy with the idea of adding springbok to their operations, but information on managing commercial herds is scarce. A new study shows springbok have great commercial potential, but offer a whole new set of complex challenges.

SA�s mohair clip is down by millions of kilograms and producers are leaving the industry in droves. Has breeding (or inbreeding) for finer fleeces further debilitated the fragile Angora goat and can the industry ever return to farming with a fine, hardy

SA�s mohair clip is down by millions of kilograms and producers are leaving the industry in droves. Has breeding (or inbreeding) for finer fleeces further debilitated the fragile Angora goat and can the industry ever return to farming with a fine, hardy

A productivity drought looms for South Africa’s agricultural sector as more commercial farmers leave to farm in neighbouring countries, which go out of their way to accommodate them. While government is drafting legislation and policies to get commercial

A productivity drought looms for South Africa’s agricultural sector as more commercial farmers leave to farm in neighbouring countries, which go out of their way to accommodate them. While government is drafting legislation and policies to get commercial

Environmentally friendly PRODUCE is becoming mainstream. According to the Mintel International Group, a global distributor of consumer media and market research, organic food sales in the US have grown by 132%, while organic beverage sales nearly doubled

This year’s African Biofuel Conference saw a continuation of the debate around biofuel’s influence on food security and food inflation.
Issue date: 11 April 2008