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).
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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

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articles


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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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