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Feature: PhD student transforms Jagersfontein through research
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Feature: Heart and Stroke Awareness Month
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Feature: Gardening with limited water
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Feature: The Role of Social Services Professions Council
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Heated debate over way forward for land claims
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Agri SA’s Annelize Crosby says a briefing session for the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform on Wednesday dealing with the impact of the recent Constitutional Court judgment on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act got uncomfortably heated at times. She says Committee Chair, Phumzile Ngwenya-Mabila, now…
Land claim uncertainty will now be prolonged
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Agri SA’s Annelize Crosby says one of the negative impacts of the recent Constitutional Court judgment on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act is that it unfortunately seems as if uncertainty caused by the land claims process will be prolonged
‘Miss Sustainability” to address dairy farmers on surviving the future
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Julie McLachlan of the Milk Producer’s Organisation (MPO) speaks about the Dr Jude Capper, who will deliver the keynote address at next week’s annual MPO Congress in KwaZulu-Natal.
Voting underway for SA’s best boerewors
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Paul Jordaan says boerewors is a truly South African dish that they want to keep alive. He says the annual Shoprite Checkers Chamionship Boerewors Competition also does its part for the red meat industry.
Nature of the farmer is to look to the future
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Agri North West CEO Boete du Toit says farmers are realistic about the challenges they face, but despite this they are already taking a more positive view for the future:
Rural safety: "Somebody has to do it"
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A farmer in the Bainsvlei area, Ben van den Bergh, says while it can be dangerous to participate in white/blue light patrols, it is important for rural residents to take responsibility for their own safety:
Consumers forced to adapt diets as meat/chicken prices surge
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Agricultural economist Dr Kobus Laubscher says according to data released by the National Agricultural Marketing Council, consumers paid just under R610 for the 23 items in the basic food basket in June this year. He says certain goods showed even more dramatic increases:
Farmers take safety into own hands
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A police officer involved in this week’s white/blue light operation says cooperation between police, farmers and rural residents is critical:
Feature: Anti-Racism Feature
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Economist predicts bumper 2017 for agri sector
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Agricultural economist Wessel Lemmer says they are expecting improved prospects for the agriculture sector over the next three years. He says 2017 in particular is expected to be much more favourable for producers:
Weaker Rand can protect producers from overseas competition
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Agricultural economist Wessel Lemmer says exchange rates have a big impact on the agriculture sector but adds that the weaker Rand can also protect producers:
Aussies draw on local research expertise to combat wheat aphid
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According the ARC’s Dr Vickie Tolmay, South African researchers have been studying the Russian Wheat Aphid, or RWA, since the late 1970s when it first appeared here. She says RWA appeared in South Australia and Victoria in June this year for the first time and was this month found to…
Workshop to explore exchange rate impacts for planting season
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Agricultural economist Professor Johan Willemse says exchange rates are one of the key drivers that will come under discussion during the next quarterly agricultural markets forecast workshop.
FS Bonsmara breeder scoops national herd improvement award
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Nick Serfontein of Sernick Bonsmaras says he feels honoured after being announced as the national winner of the Beef Cattle Improvement Herd of the Year at the Agricultural Research Council’s National Beef Awards in Pretoria last week.
Feature: Anti-rape march
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Feature: Award winning Free State DJ shares advice for the youth
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