OFM Agri Hour
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Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Monday 12 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am
Private property rights fuel the agri sector
OFM News agri editor Sabrina Dean spoke to Agri SA executive director Omri van Zyl following his address to Agri North West's Congress in Lichtenburg on Wednesday. In this first part of the complete interview they talk about property rights, which Van Zyl says fuels the industry. They also speak…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Friday 9 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am
Committee Chair on land amendment Act status
OFM News' agri editor Sabrina Dean spoke to Phumzile Ngwenya-Mabila, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform about a briefing last week on the Constitutional Court judgment on the Restitution of Land Amendment Act. She explains that the entire process will now have to go back…
IOD impacts spring rainfall prospects
OFM News' agri editor Sabrina Dean spoke to SA Weather Service scientist Cobus Olivier to find out what the predictions are for rainfall in spring and early summer. Olivier explains that spring rainfall in South Africa is largely determined by the state of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), which is…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Tuesday 6 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.
Milk congress to look for sustainability answers
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Julie McLachlan of the Milk Producer’s Organisation (MPO) about the organisation's national congress happening in the Kwa-Zulu-Natal Midlands on September 7. She says congress is being presented under a theme focusing on sustainability of dairy farmers.
Heated debate over way forward with land amendmend Act
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean spoke to Agri SA’s Annelize Crosby about the way forward following a recent Constitutional Court judgment declaring the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act invalid. She says there was very heated debate during a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Monday 5 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.
Kongres se doel is om Noordwes-boere te bemagtig
Agri Noordwes bied volgende week sy jaarkongres op Lichtenburg aan. OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, het met die organisasie se Uitvoerende Hoofbestuurder, Boeta du Toit, gesels oor wat die fokus vanjaar is. Du Toit gesels ook oor verkiesings en dat hulle vanjaar vir die eerste keer ‘n tweede vise-president gaan…
Agri sector news with OFM and Farmer's Weekly
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Farmer’s Weekly news editor Marelise Scheepers about the latest news in the agriculture sector. They speak about a story on the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality’s alleged failure to adhere to water restrictions, which is having an impact on irrigation farmers and…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Friday 2 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.
Verbruikers ervaar geweldige mid-winter kosprysdruk
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, gesels met die landbou-ekonoom, dr. Kobus Laubscher, oor die kosprysdruk waaronder verbruikers verkeer. Hy vertel in hierdie uittreksel uit die volledige onderhoud dat die nasionale landboubemarkingsraad bevind het dat kosinflasie in Junie vanjaar meer as 16% hoër is as verlede jaar. Hy vertel sekere produkte,…
Boer vra elke individu om misdaad te help bekamp
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, het Dinsdagaand saam met boere en polisie gaan rondry tydens ‘n blou/witlig-patrollie, wat ‘n misdaadvoorkomingsinisiatief tussen polisie en boere is. Sy het ook gesels met een van die boere wat betrokke is by die patrollie. Oom Ben van den Berg sê dit kom daarop neer…
Boere en polisie vat hande om misdaad te bekamp
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, het Dinsdagaand saam met boere en polisie gaan rondry tydens ‘n blou/witlig-patrollie, wat ‘n misdaadvoorkomingsinisiatief tussen polisie en boere is. Sy het met een van die polisiemanne gesels wat saam gaan patrolleer het. Hy vertel hy het ‘n verskriklike goeie verhouding met “sy mense” –…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Thursday 1 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.
Drie groot dryfvere onder die loep tydens Willemse se werksessie
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, gesels met die landbou-ekonoom, prof. Johan Willemse, oor sy volgende werksessie rakende landboumarkvooruitsigte wat volgende week in Bloemfontein plaasvind. Hy sê daar gaan heelwat op die wisselkoers gefokus word. Willemse sê dit, sowel as plaaslike en internasionale graanverwagtinge is tans die drie groot dryfvere wat…
Ekonoom voorspel goeie jaar vir landbousektor
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, het verlede week met die landbou-ekonoom, Wessel Lemmer, gesels ná sy toespraak tydens die Agri Noord-Kaap-kongres. Lemmer vertel hulle glo 2017 gaan ‘n baie goeie jaar vir die landbousektor wees:
Entomoloog gesels oor navorsingswerk in mieliebedryf
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, het onlangs met dr. Annemie Erasmus gesels, ‘n entomoloog wat as senior-navorser by die Landbounavorsingsraad se Gewassebeskermingsinstituut op Potchefstroom werk. Erasmus fokus op die mieliebedryf. Sy gesels in hierdie uittreksel uit die volledige onderhoud oor twee projekte waarmee hulle tans besig is. Sy vertel ook…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Wednesday 31 August 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.