OFM Agri Hour
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Agri Noord-Kaap President gesels oor gemoedstoestand in die provinsie
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur het verlede week verskeie mense op Nampo raakgeloop. In hierdie insetsel gesels sy met Agri Noord-Kaap se president, Henk van Wyk, oor die stand van sake in die provinsie.
Important to ask questions around perceptions of agriculture
The final Nation in Coversation panel discussion at Nampo last week dealt with Changing the Image of Agriculture. OFM News' agri editor Sabrina Dean spoke to Agri SA executive director Omri van Zyl, who was one of the panellists, after the event.
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Agriculture news, Monday 23 May 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.
Nampo highlights wrapped up
OFM News’ agri editor, Sabrina Dean, speaks to Farmer’s Weekly journalist, Gerhard Uys. They have both been covering Nampo this week and for today’s discussion they met up to share some experiences. They highlight the good turn-out, good business dealings, focus on emerging farmers, chat about some highlights from Nation…
Ferdi Meyer exlplains the multiplier effect
OFM News agri editor spoke to food and agriculture expert Ferdi Meyer at Nampo yesterday following his participation in a panel discussion hosted by the Senwes Nation in Conversation platform at Nampo. Meyer is involved with the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy and the interview deals with a concept…
Wat kan Nampo vir stadsjapies bied?
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, gesels met landbou-ekonoom, dr. Kobus Laubscher, oor Nampo en die rol wat sulke geleenthede speel. Hy sê dit dien as 'n netwerk-platform vir boere, dit skep ‘n geleentheid om die werk wat op plaasvlak gedoen word, met selfs stadsjapies te deel. Dit is ook 'n…
Dr. Kobus Laubscher - Nampo
OFM-nuus se landbou redakteur Sabrina Dean gesels met landbou-ekonoom dr. Kobus Laubscher oor Nampo en die rol wat sulke geleenthede speel. Hy sê dit dien as 'n netwerk platform vir boere, dit skep geleentheid om die werk wat op plaasvlak gedoen word met selfs stadsjapies te deel en dit is…
Ferdi Meyer
OFM News agri editor spoke to food and agriculture expert Ferdi Meyer at Nampo yesterday following his participation in a panel discussion hosted by the Senwes Nation in Conversation platform at Nampo. Meyer is involved with the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy and the interview deals with a concept…
Andre van Zyl at Nampo Auctioneer Competition
Auctioneers play vital role in livestock price setting mechanism The finals of the nationwide Toyota Young Auctioneer Competition are underway at Nampo. Finalists qualified through seven regional competitions leading up to Nampo. Albert Loubser of Stockfarm, which hosts the competition, said auctions are the price setting mechanism of the stock…
Cattle breeders say it’s imperative to be at Nampo
Angus SA breed director John Boulle says also provides a platform to engage with the emerging farmer sector and people from the Southern African region.
Nampo draws diverse interest
Angus SA breed director John Boulle says the value of exhibiting livestock at an event like Nampo is sometimes only realised several years down the line.
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Angus breed director John Boulle
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean is at Nampo this week and paid a visit to Cattle Complex yesterday where she chatted to the Angus breed director John Boulle about their exhibit. He chats about why it is important to come to something like Nampo, he chats about the age…
Nampo Oesdag Cobus van Coller
Nampo Oesdag 2016 gereed om besoekers te ontvang. Die jaarlikse landbou Nampo Oesdag op die Oesdagplaas buite Bothaville in die Vrystaat is reg om besoekers te ontvang vanaf 17 Mei tot 20 Mei. Die Nampo Oesdag is een van die grootste landbou vertoonvensters in Suid-Afrika en Afrika. Ofm se landbouredakteur…
Greater focus on agri success stories necessary
Phillip Retief of Van Loveren Vineyards says it is sad that there is so much focus on the failed attempts at transformation when there are so many good stories to tell.
Lower agri production will be visible in GDP
Group Chief Executive Officer of the Suidwes Group, Herman van Schalkwyk, says early information that they have received is backing up reports of lower that average sunflower and maize yields.
Expropriation definition remains worrying
Agri SA’s Parliamentary Liaison Annelize Crosby says they are concerned over the way the term expropriation has been defined as the Constitution itself does not attempt to limit expropriation in any way
Omnia patents competition welcomes old favourites back to Nampo
Donald Bink, organiser of the annual Omnia Farmers Patent Competition says they are looking forward to seeing the various patents from across southern Africa that have been entered this year:
Tuesday's Agri News
OFM's Agri-editor, Sabrina Dean, brings you the latest Agriculture news, directly from the Nampo Festival.
Willing seller willing buyer never really existed
Agri SA’s Parliamentary Liaison Annelize Crosby says in a sense we never really had a willing seller willing buyer system in this country because restitution, for example, there was never any mention of willing seller.