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Water management: rainwater harvesting and better storage
Severe water restrictions across the country, along with crumbling municipal infrastructure, debilitating drought and the pollution of water reserves, have left many farmers with little choice: they must make the...
Bees the victims of irresponsible pesticide use
...molasses acted as a magnet for the bees, which had been starved by the crippling drought in the Western Cape. Common sense should have dictated that any molasses used as...
SA’s foot-and-mouth disease outbreak officially over
...free zone, but had been moved to the protected zone illegally, where there was an ongoing outbreak, to find grazing due to the drought. “After the seasonal rain started he...
Agri sector welcomes new minister Thoko Didiza
...drought and disaster mitigation measures. “Plant and animal diseases are regularly occurring. Capacity at Onderstepoort and within the department to deal with diseases needs to improve radically. Agricultural research has...
Persistent drought forces Australia to import wheat
Following two years of below average rainfall in Australia, which has led to severe drought conditions, agricultural production on the country’s east coast has been devastated. By May, the region...
Drought devastates Namibia in first quarter of 2019
The devastating effect of the drought in Namibia is clearly illustrated in the Namibia Agricultural Union’s (NAU) first quarter review for 2019. Bertha Ijambo, NAU economist, told Farmers’ Weekly that...
Limpopo extension officer makes farming ‘cool’ for schoolkids
...strategic places to take our services into public spaces,” Mthembi recalls. He admits that, initially, his timing was bad, as he began focusing on school gardens during the 2015 drought....
EU maize imports increase 40% for current marketing season
...drought experienced across the region during 2018. According to the report, countries such as Brazil, Ukraine and Canada were also expanding their share of the EU maize market. While warmer...
80% increase in Indian cotton imports due to severe drought
India’s cotton imports are expected to increase by 80% this year. This followed the devastating drought that had hit many states in that country’s cotton production areas, which resulted in...
Who should you vote for in the general election on 8 May?
...as drought, and the NFP’s promise to see to it that the relevant government departments are led by people who are knowledgeable and passionate about agriculture, and finally, add a...
Election 2019: Political parties on land and farming
...protected against global tariffs and subsidisation of the dumping of substandard imported agricultural products.” Disaster relief, such as drought relief, needed to be managed effectively to benefit all food producers...
Managing high nitrate levels in paddocks
...over the paddock while the grass in between will be grazed down to the roots. It is not easy to rotate pastures in drought, and supplementary hay bales do not...
