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The successful pig farmer always uses good breeding stock.

World class agriculture – that is what South Africa’s primary food producers are all about.

A year ago, Minister Joemat-Pettersson said that progress in agriculture needed encouragement and smallholder farmers must be placed at the centre of rural economies. How then could government allow the derailment of the Ongeluksnek Valley farming project? Lloyd Phillips investigates.

One of the country’s leading agricultural schools Marlow, near Cradock in Eastern Cape, was founded in 1931 – with nine students – to support the traditional wool and mohair industries of the Karoo. The school offers a unique education on a 3 300ha commercial farm on the banks of the Great Fish River. Mike Burgess reports.

Research by two doctoral students the University of the Free State has shown that supplementing pig feed with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) could add considerable value to the pork industry. Annelie Coleman spoke to Cobus Ferreira and Carina Bothma.

While the hospitality industry isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, an Mpumalanga farming couple has been able to successfully marry their farming business with a now internationally renowned and multi-award-winning, four-star on-farm accommodation and dining establishment. Lloyd Phillips reports.

Emerging farmers in the Eastern Cape are struggling to restock pig herds after the 2005 outbreak of swine fever forced them to cull all pigs.
Issue date: 20 February 2009

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With the option of buying a controlling share in Kanhym Estates, one of South Africa's most successful agribusinesses, empowerment consortium Kgomo Kgolo seems to have done a good job in allaying any fears the estate's management might have had about AgriBEE. Today Khehla Mthembu is non-executive chairperson of Kanhym Estates and, as Susan Botes reports, the business is more bullish than ever about its prospects.

The revival of Qamata, once one of SA's top irrigation schemes, has been on the cards for years. But when Farmer's Weekly ­visited Qamata basin this month there was plenty of finger-pointing but little evidence of agricultural activity. Stephan Hofstätter reports.
Issue Date 25 May 2007

Slurry is difficult to dispose of and poses a threat to people, livestock and the environment. A system operated by Andrew and Liz Williams uses slurry as nutrient-rich organic fertiliser that is cheaper than commercial products. Lloyd Phillips finds out more.
Issue Date 27 April 2007