Farmer’s Weekly – 23 August 2019

Weekly neWsWrap SouthAfrica’sindigenousfull- red Fuji Royal apple variety has been made commercially available by the South Afri ...

23 August 2019 farmer’sweekly 21 Followinga recentjudgmentby the Pietermaritzburg High Court, municipalities in South Africa are ...

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ways in terms of increased production, as well as job creation,” she said. She said thisfinancial yearthe departmentwill also co ...

MANAGING FOR PROFIT What’s your leadership style? Is it right for your organisation? There’s no need to be rigid; learn to adapt ...

COMMODITY CORNER Because of the importance of both the Chinese yuan and US dollar in global currency markets, the prolonged trad ...

29-30 AUGUST 2019 ARC ANIMAL PRODUCTION CAMPUS IRENE, PRETORIA A NEW AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS-TO- BUSINESS TRADE EVENT ...

PROGRAMME THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST 08:00 Eventopenstopublic 08:30 ARCNationalBeefPerformersAwards(FunctionMarquee) 09:30 BreedShowcas ...

FEATURE Orchids Whatstartedoutwitha coupleof plantsboughtat anorchidshowin the1960s, has turned into one of South Africa’s bigge ...

F rieda Duckitt says the orchid bug bit her after she bought four of the plants at the South African Orchid Council Show in Cape ...

marketspreferwhite,green andyellow,aswellaslight anddarkpinkflowers. Morerecently,therehas beenanincreaseddemand forredCymbidium ...

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LIVESTOCK Broiler Production startinga businessandneedsto buildupa healthycashflow. Thereis alsoa goodmarketfor chickeninSouthAf ...

forthebroilerproduction, farmmanagementand environmentalcontrolcourses. I graduatedin2010,’’hesays. OvercOmingObstacles Duringth ...

reinvestinginyourbusiness andyouremployees,”hesays. Managingthebusiness Thefarmconsistsoffourchicken houseswitha totalmaximum ca ...

PROMOTIONALARTICLE Themaizecultivar KKS 8326 B originatedin Argentina,whereit has beenwidelyplanted. Short,andwitha large cob,it ...

CROPS PestControlin Maize C ertain varieties of maize are genetically engineered to express proteins from the soil bacterium Bac ...

maizestalkboreris lessthan 1%ofallthemaizeplanted. “We’vefoundthat Bttechnologycontinually demonstratesanoutstanding levelofeffe ...

farmersgrowingBtmaize,is to planta refugeareaofnon-GM maizeadjacenttotheprimary cropofBtmaize.Thisrefuge areawillnaturallyharbou ...

Mostofthefarmcomprises mountainousveld,andonly a smallsectionis suitable forcropproduction. Theoatsaregrownondryland, buttheannu ...