Farmer's Weekly

“I have had the privilege of living and working in this beautiful country for more than 10 years. While working here, I have had an opportunity to observe South African agriculture first-hand, which has equipped me to be an unbiased observer. South A

The Cattle Artificial Insemination course offered by Rothman Livestock Training Services covers the technical side of artificial insemination and the influence that cattle management has on successful breeding. It also looks at important aspects like

Eskom's latest plan to drastically elevate charges on fixed costs in the agriculture sector would only worsen the power utility company's challenges and made no economic sense, Francois Wilken, Free State Agriculture (FSA) president, told Farmer's We

Efficient logistics are essential for South Africa‘s high-quality berry production to reach international markets on time – see story on page 17.

The South African agriculture sector must not become a casualty of politics. This warning was issued by South African Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) on the eve of the formation of a Government of National Unity in the country. In a recent week

Speaking at the annual Berries ZA symposium held in the Western Cape at the end of May, Louw Pienaar, a senior analyst at the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy, said global prices for blueberries were still projected to grow in nominal terms bu

The recent opening of Karoo Pak's processing plant will bring huge financial spin-offs for the Oudtshoorn community. This was according to Gerhard Meyer, CEO of Karoo Pak, who explained that the processing plant would allow contracted producers to ad

Agricultural machinery manufacturer Case IH launched its theme for 2024, ‘Feel at home with technology’, at this year's Nampo Harvest Day. The company's objective with this new theme is to introduce the South African agriculture sector to the benefit

Opening the 2024 Agbiz Congress held recently at Sun City, Dr Langa Simela, business development manager at Absa AgriBusiness and outgoing Agbiz vice-chairperson, said the agriculture sector was privileged to have an institution such as Agbiz with su

As fish farmers we feed our fish optimal quantities of high-quality feed to achieve rapid growth so that they attain market size as quickly as possible. A small challenge with this process is that the fish do not all grow at the same rate, necessitat

Tell us more about your operation. ONE54 South Africa is a proudly South African retail brand-building business based in Cape Town. Neither the raw material supplier nor ONE54 South Africa owns any farms. As a start-up, we run very lean and outsource

Sorghum is known for its ability to withstand adverse conditions like drought, heat, and waterlogging caused by erratic rainfall. This is just one of the reasons it is considered a good alternative to planting maize. Although there are a number of so

In 2010, when Barry Meijer bought Meijer's Rust near De Rust in the Klein Karoo, the soil was bare and depleted. Nevertheless, he managed to produce a small crop of barley and oats each year on the 14ha he had under irrigation, while he restricted hi

When it comes to vegetables, I tend to favour the use of LAN, as it contains two forms of nitrogen: ammonia and nitrate. We therefore have a degree of safety, as there is nitrogen in an immediately available form as well. A South African university d

All my horses were shivering when I went to my farm this week. The wind was icy, and the animals hadn't yet grown their winter coats. Checked the horse blankets… some of them needed repairing but most were OK. My goodness, I thought, it feels like be

80ml palm or light brown sugar 60ml water 125ml white vinegar 1 stick cinnamon 3 cloves 2,5ml fennel seeds Pinch of poppy seeds 5ml salt 2,5ml or more red chilli flakes 12mm piece of fresh ginger, thinly sliced 5ml orange or lemon zest 4 medium guav

1. Scientist who studies plants (8) 5. ________ acid is a highly unsaturated fatty acid obtained from linseed oil (8) 9. ______ paste is also called marzipan (6) 10. Descriptive of pulse vegetables (10) 11. Fastest-running big cats of Africa and Sout

I had a phone call from Ernest, who has a property in rural KwaZulu-Natal. He wants a one-bedroom starter home, and sent the desired layout and some reference pictures for styling. Dear Ernest, Thanks for the phone call and the subsequent sketch layo

I am a retired man and have been a widower for two years. I would like to hear from fun-loving women between 50 and 60 years of age with good senses of humour. Ladies in the Vereeniging vicinity, especially, are welcome to write to me. Non-smokers, p

Olof, or Olaf Martini Bergh, was born on 16 April 1643 in Gothenburg, Sweden, to aristocratic Norwegian parents. After a sound education and at the age of 22, he was accepted into the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1665. His first o

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