Farmer’s Weekly – 02 August 2019

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AbOVe:

Thinking of doing

business in

Africa? Dr Rutendo

Hwindingwi, also

known as the

‘African Realist’,

spoke to Glenneis

Kriel about where

the potential profits

and pitfalls can

be found (see

story on pg 30).

getty images

COVer stOry:

Potato production

is a high-risk,

high-reward

industry. Farming

seed potatoes

is even more so.

Sabrina Dean

visited Gerhard

Bruwer of Genade

Boerdery in the

Northern Cape to

find out more about

this component of

the family farming

operation (see

story on pg 40).

[Dorethy (left) and

Anna de Bruin

sorting potatoes.]

sabrina Dean

30 40

articles

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30

32

36

40

By Invitation cOVer

Urban agriculture: How green

cities can increase food security

Bottom Line cOVer

Doing business in Africa: ‘Treat

each country differently’

Business cOVer

The clever aquaponics

system that increases

production and cuts costs

Livestock cOVer

New research raises doubt about

benefits of rotational grazing

Crops cOVer

Potato farmer’s virgin soil

strategy to reduce disease risk

OPiNi ON & aNalYsis

11 Agribusiness perspeCti Ve:

Keeping a close eye on global

grain and oilseed crops

12 pOlitiCAl perspeCtiVe:

is ramaphosa’s ‘new dawn’

in danger of being derailed?

WeeKlY NeWs WraP

14 ArC tO get r400 milliOn

foot-and-mouth disease

research facility

15 mil K prOduCti On figures

for may better than expected

18 ‘heArtbreAKing

effeCt’ of drought on

loeriesfontein farmers

21 ‘fArmers lOse Out as

extension officials focus

on workplace issues’

24 ‘COnfliCt in lAnd refOrm

initiatives a common problem’

regulars

8 Farmer’s Diary

9 Letters

10 Archive

49 Motoring

62 Farm Sales

64 Auctions

lifestYle

51 Cooking with Vuvu

52 Real Cooking

54 Crossword

55 Hillbilly Homes

56 Hitching Post

56 Holistic Health

57 History of Rural South Africa

58 Books

59 Online Farmer

91 Townie

Back to Basics

• Irrigating your crop


• The basics of the Suffolk breed

Vegetable Production

The knapsack sprayer: still useful!

On the Market Floor

Machinery

& Implements

Fendt’s beautiful beast wins big

Supplement cOVer

Wagyu

Monthly Bakkie Prices

cOVer

cOlumNs

Global Farming

Tax Advice

Communal Farming

Labour Matters

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46

47

48

60

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