OFM Agri Hour
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Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Tuesday 7 February 2017. Broadcast on Before Dawn -weekdays from 5am-6am.
Henk Vermeulen praat oor positiewe landboustories in die Vrystaat
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, het by die hoof uitvoerende beampte van Vrystaat Landbou, Henk Vermeulen, gaan kers opsteek. Met vandag se gesprek, wat ‘n uittreksel uit die volledige onderhoud is, gesels hulle oor positiewe verwikkelinge in die bedryf wat in lyn is met Vrystaat Landbou se doel om die…
FAW could pose serious food security risk
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Dr Gerhard Verdoorn about the fall army worm outbreak. In this second part of the interview the disucss the risk to food security. He also speaks about other pests for which farmers should be on the lookout at this time of year:
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Monday 6 February 2017. Broadcast on Before Dawn -weekdays from 5am-6am.
FAW: Control guidelines released
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Dr Gerhard Verdoorn about concerns over a fall army worm, or FAW, outbreak within South Africa’s borders. In this first part of the interview he outlines things for which farmers should be on the lookout. He also speaks about a list of…
Agri sector news with OFM and Farmer's Weekly
OFM news’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Farmer’s Weekly journalist Gerhard Uys. This week they speak about a working visit he took to the Republic of Ireland recently.They discuss some of the parallels between agriculture in South Africa and Ireland. He speaks about a visit to a dairy farm…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Friday 3 February 2017. Broadcast on Before Dawn -weekdays from 5am-6am.
Plaaslike mielie-oes belangrik weens kommandowurmplaag in Afrika
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, gesels met die landbou-ekonoom, dr. Kobus Laubscher, oor graanvooruitsigte vir Suider-Afrika. Hy sê dit wat tans noord van ons grense aan die gang is in terme van ‘n kommandowurmplaag, meen die vooruitsigte vir die Suid-Afrikaanse mielieoes is van wesenlike belang. Laubscher kyk ook na die…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Thursday 2 February 2017. Broadcast on Before Dawn -weekdays from 5am-6am.
Industry seeks to shift red meat from commodity to high value product
OFM News agri editor, Sabrina Dean, speaks to Dr Michael Bradfield about a Red Meat Industry workshop taking place in March. The workshop will bring together representatives from government, industry, commercial producers, retail and other relevant stakeholders. The idea is to change red meat from being a commodity product to…
Poultry industry to march in Pretoria
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to SA Poultry Association CEO Kevin Lovell. They speak about massive job losses that are hitting the industry. Sapa will also be marching in solidarity with members of the Food and Allied Workers Union in Pretoria today (Wednesday). Lovell says numerous solutions are…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Wednesday 1 February 2017. Broadcast on Before Dawn -weekdays from 5am-6am.
Poultry task team to seek long and short-term solutions
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to the spokesperson for the Department of Trade and Industry, Sidwell Medupe, about a poultry task team that has been established. Medupe says the team comprises government and industry roleplayes, as well as labour representatives. He also outlines some of the measures government…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Tuesday 31 January 2017. Broadcast on Before Dawn -weekdays from 5am-6am.
Agri Deputy DG impressed with Sernick efforts
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Mortimer Mannya, the deputy director general of the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. Mannya was present at an emerging farmers day presented at the Sernick Group farm in Edenville in the Free State. He said partnerships between commercial farmers and smallholder…
Commercial, emerging farmers take hands
OFM News’ agri editor SabrinaDean speaks to Nick Serfontein of the Sernick Group during an emerging farmers day hosted at their farm in Edenville on Friday. He discusses some of the reasons for involvement in development of smallholder and emerging farmers. He also outlines some of the challenges these farmers…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Monday 29 January 2017. Broadcast on Before Dawn -weekdays from 5am-6am.
Agri SA's Omri van Zyl plays prominent role at WFO
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Agri SA’s Executive Director, Omri van Zyl. He has just been announced as the president of the board of auditors at the World Farmer’s Organisation (WFO). He speaks about the organisation and then also takes a look at the situation in the…
Agri sector news with OFM and Farmer's Weekly
OFM News' agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Farmer’s Weekly news editor Marlise Scheepers about some of the big stories in the agriculture sector over the last week. They kick off the discussion with a look at plans to establish a donkey breeding farm in North West. They also speak…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Friday 27 January 2017. Broadcast on Before Dawn -weekdays from 5am-6am.