ʼn Unieke akademie – wat studente voorberei vir leierskap in sake van die omgewing – is by Upington gestig en gaan van krag tot krag. Net enkele instellings in Suid-Afrika is toegewy aan die onderrig van die jeug in dié vaardighede wat hulle sal help om die omgewing te...

Die vraag na ogiesdraad het die aanbod ver oorskry toe dié rolle heiningdraad teen ʼn spesiale prys te koop was. Sedert ’n aankondiging vroeër vanjaar dat verskeie landboumaatskappye ogiesdraad teen afslagpryse gaan verkoop ter ondersteuning van boere se stryd om...

Massey Ferguson staged the most impressive display of its products in Africa for years at the recent ‘Vision of the Future’ mechanisation event at the AGCO Future Farm in Lusaka. This was the first appearance of the MF 5700 tractor series on the continent. Farm...

The  digital version of the Red Meat/Rooivleis magazine available on www.agriconnect.co.za OBP wants to be world player Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), who in the past struggled with the supply of some of its vaccines, wants to be a world player when the...

As livestock farmers in drought-stricken areas struggle to keep their animals alive and grain farmers begin planning for the coming season, Shell has donated R1 million to Agri SA's Drought Relief Fund. The funds donated by Shell will go towards supporting farmers in...

Die ANC het besluit dat die Land Bank terug moet skuif na die Departement van Landbou toe. Die mandaat van die Land Bank sal hersien word en hy sal weer terug na die Departement van Landbou, Bosbou en Visserye geskuif word, het die Nasionale Uitvoerende Komitee (NUK)...

Pecan production mechanisation has seen steady improvement in efficiency. Joe Spencer examines some of the latest equipment on offer locally. With an eye on boosting productivity through mechanisation, agricultural equipment supplier Rovic Leers has identified the...

Die aantal plase wat te koop in Suid-Afrika is, het binne ‘n jaar met sowat 45% opgeskiet tot 19 280. Minstens 19 280 plase in Suid-Afrika was op 27 Mei vanjaar in Suid-Afrika op die mark, teenoor die 13 254 plase op 2 Februarie verlede jaar. Dié statistiek is verkry...

As the risk of veld fires increase over the dry winter period, farmers financially struggling due to the drought could face further losses. According to the head of information and marketing at FNB Business Agriculture, Dawie Maree, during the dry winter season, veld...

SOUTH African farmers need to boost output of white maize to help lower the price of the staple to more sustainable levels after a drought, agribusiness Senwes said this week. While maize prices could stay high for now even if it rained, they were likely to fall...

Don’t assume that everyone on your farm knows his or her job. Try this exercise, and you will be surprised. In my last article, I wrote about the importance of having a clear chain of command in a business, where every employee knows who he or she reports to. As I...

Agri SA sal die implementering van die Onteieningwetsontwerp, wanneer dit eers in die wetboeke opgeneem is, fyn dophou. In reaksie op die goedkeuring van die Onteieningwetsontwerp, sê Agri SA hy sal die implementering fyn dophou. Mnr. Ernest Pringle, voorsitter van...

Risiko is eintlik niks anders as onsekerheid nie. As die uitkoms van ‘n aksie seker is, is daar nie risiko by betrokke nie. Die risiko by boerderye is omvangryk. Die mees voor die hand liggende risiko in boerdery is sekerlik klimaat. Of dit reën of ryp is,...

Die landbou is nie meer die stortings-terrein vir ongeskoolde arbeid nie, sê die voorsitter van Mpumalanga Landbou. Die voorsitter van Mpumalanga Landbou, mnr. Gideon Anderson, het tydens die organisasie se kongres by Nelspruit gesê dat die landbou lankal nie meer die...

The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is calling on all woman farmers to enter the Female Entrepreneur Awards 2016

Dit lyk asof daar nou dalk met erns na plaasaanvalle en landelike veiligheid gekyk word. Nadat lt.genl. Khomotso Phahlane, waarnemende polisiekommissaris, onlangs amptelik bevestig het dat plaasmoorde tot prioriteitsmisdaad verklaar word, lyk dit of die fokus opnuut...

Voorblad: “Boer vir die toekoms” het ’n nuwe betekenis gekry met ’n gevorderde hidroponikastelsel wat drie Suid-Afrikaners ontwerp het. Daarmee kan ’n mens tot 1 200 plante per vierkante meter verbou. Foto: Eden Green Hydroponics Ander aritkels en nuus in hierdie...

Weet jy hoeveel grootvee-eenhede (GVE) word vir perde bereken? Dié vraag op Boere Gesels se Facebook-blad het vir heerlike bydraes gesorg. Mnr. Gerrit du Toit, boer van Hanover, het dié vraag op Boere Gesels se Facebook-blad gevra: Hoeveel GVE is ʼn perd? Hier is...

Geen geldige navorsing bestaan in Amerika, Europa of in Suid-Afrika wat sê glifosaat hoort nie op die mark nie, sê dr. Gerhard Verdoorn. Op geen manier kan ʼn vinger na glifosaat gewys word as ʼn middel wat die mens, dier of omgewing skade kan berokken as dit volgens...

Gesoek: ʼn Noord-Kaapse boer wat probleme met prosopis ervaar, vir ʼn unieke navorsingsprojek. ʼn Maatskappy beoog ʼn unieke navorsingsprojek om prosopis te bestry deur die toedien van korrelgif met die gebruik van ʼn hommeltuig (drone). Die maatskappy wil dié proef in...

South Africa’s state rail and ports company said it’s prepared to offload and rail as much as 7 million metric tons of corn this year as the worst drought in at least a century in 2015 boosts demand for imported grain in southern Africa to a record. The company,...

WORKING as an economist in the agricultural sector can be very frustrating. I often function between two worlds: the policy environment and the realm of information and analytics. I am often astounded by how little attention is paid by agricultural policy-makers to...

NORTHERN CAPE: Fog along the coast in the morning, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but cold in places over the western and southern interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh northerly to north-westerly. EXPECTED...

Die World Farmers’ Organisation is ingelig oor die voorkoms van plaasaanvalle en plaasmoorde in Suid-Afrika. Altesaam 8 065 plaasaanvalle en 924 plaasmoorde het die afgelope 15 jaar in Suid-Afrika plaasgevind, het mnr. Omri van Zyl voor ‘n internasionale...

It’s government statements like these which really makes one wonder if the drought has well and truly been swept under the carpet. “We, however, have to contend with drought, which has resulted in losses worth R16 billion across the sector.” Where’s the urgency? And...

Johannesburg  - South Africa may lower its estimate for corn production this season for a third time to the lowest since 2006 because of damage from the worst drought in more than a century, a survey showed. Local growers will probably produce 7 million tonnes this...

Johannesburg - South Africa’s livestock farmers are preparing for more losses after the driest year on record already cut herds and as the hemisphere’s winter nears, fueling food prices that are already climbing at the fastest pace in 18 months. Scarce grazing and...

Cape Town - SA's table grape crop is expected to be between 1% and 4% lower than the actual 2014/15 exported crop size, according to The South African Table Grape Industry (Sati). Its updated estimate for all South African table grape growing regions indicates the...

Gaborone - South African commercial farmers group Agri-All Africa (AAA) has announced plans to step up agricultural investments in 11 African “priority destinations”. These include Zambia, Nigeria, DRC, Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania,...

HARTSWATER. Z Nuweling- en kommersiële boere het gemeenskaplike probleme wat hulle kan oplos indien hulle saamwerk, en daarvoor moet ’n gees van samewerking gekweek word. Dít was die boodskap van Bheki Cele, adjunkminister van landbou, tydens ’n openbare vergadering...

Cape Town- The table grape industry provides over 29 000 direct jobs in the Western Cape each year. About 65% of the total table grape production volumes in SA is generated in the Western Cape. These figures were shared at the South Africa Table Grape Industry's...

Since Omri van Zyl took over the reins at Agri SA in December last year, the organisation’s communications strategy is virtually on steroids. In addition to a new website and the use of social media across the whole available spectrum, a branding and value-proposition...

Cape Town – The department of agriculture has imported 1 732 million tons of yellow maize and 72 000 tons of white maize to cover shortfalls caused by the drought, Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana said on Thursday. For the next season, beginning May 1 and running...

A NEW chapter for the Northern Cape wine industry commences early next year with the opening of Orange River Cellars’ brand new wine tasting centre in Upington. Orange River Cellars will now take its place as a fully-fledged player in the dynamic South African wine...

GWK het Donderdag (07/04) sy splinternuwe Farm-Foods-fabriek by Modderrivier langs die N12 amptelik geopen. Die fabriek het sowat R400 miljoen gekos en bykans twee jaar geneem om te voltooi. Dit funksioneer as ’n koringmeule, sowel as ’n pasta- en koekiefabriek....

AgriNCPrses Ons het onverwags kennis geneem dat die openbare verhore rakende die Onteieningswet Maandag 18 April op die hoofdorpe van die onderskeie distriksmunisipaliteite sal plaasvind. Enigiemand is welkom om die verhore by te woon. Ons wil egter vra dat lede van...