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Meat producers take note
[Dr Koos Coetzee] Lower grain and higher meat prices imply improved profitability for livestock producers globally. With some provisos, this is also true for South Africa... read more>>



Agriculture
Economy, not politics, may decide land reform model

Nan Smith

The government may be experiencing a growing sense of reality regarding the fact that real impediments to land reform were not necessarily the farmers... read more>>
De Jager rolls with the punches

Nan Smith

Dr Theo de Jager, well known for his work in land reform and rural transformation, was voted out as deputy president of AgriSA and replaced by Dan Kriek (president of Free State Agriculture) at the association's annual congress recently... read more>>
Matriculants should study agriculture - IFP
KwaZulu-Natal matriculants who achieved good results should consider a career in agriculture, the Inkatha Freedom Party said in a statement on Tuesday... read more>>
BCI dropped in December
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) says the business confidence index (BCI) shed 2.5 index points in December 2014, coming in at 88.3... read more>>
Drought in the Northern Cape
Horticulture
Monsanto targets smallholder farmers

Jaco Visser

Seed company Monsanto recently appointed Gyanendra Shukla as head of its African division. It has also set up headquarters in Kenya close to its intended future customers: East African smallholders... read more>>
Ceres farmer wins Freshmark Supplier of the Year
Award-winning Rossouw CilliƩ of Laastedrif Farming in Ceres has added another accolade to his already impressive collection of awards... read more>>
Sustainability
Man vs wildlife: a balancing act

Roelof Bezuidenhout

Roelof Bezuidenhout reacts to a recent Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) fact sheet dealing with human impact on wildlife and its ecological fallout... read more>>
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