Fresh from February’s Cape Town stink-up debacle, Kuwaiti livestock traders and transporters Al Mawashi have another livestock export shipment destined for the Arabian Gulf, and […]
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Walkerville to host a Spring Show in September
The dates for this year’s Walkerville Agricultural Show have been fixed. The show will be a Spring Show and will take place at the Walkerville […]
Rainfall: We’re headed for a 25-year record!
Unless it starts to rain with serious intent in the remaining ten weeks of the summer rainy season Eastern Gauteng is headed for its driest […]
Make this sowing medium for maximum plant health
Just as prospective mothers are told to stop smoking and drinking during pregnancy, and are then exhorted to provide the best possible nutrition for their […]
Langstroth supers: when less is more
Discarding one frame from the ten usually found in a Langstroth super, and spacing the remaining nine evenly encourages the bees to fatten up the […]
COMMENT: How to raise awareness of animal cruelty
COMMENT – Cape Town’s port controllers did animal rights activists a huge favour last week by electing to allocate a berth on the Duncan Dock’s […]
Four shows combine to highlight alternative living
If plant-based food is your preference, or if terms such as “organic”, “alternative lifestyle” or “self-sustainable” loom large in your life, you should make a […]
Attention CEOs: Spend a day in a wheelchair to help
If you’re the bossman or woman of your company and you wish to do some good for the community you can take part in Little […]
Africa’s smallholders face common problems
Southern Africa’s agricultural landscape is well populated with smallholder farmers, namely individuals tilling less than ten hectares of land, striving to make a living while […]
Trailer tips for newbies
Regardless of whether you drive a bakkie or a car, if your live on a smallholding chances are that at some stage you will need […]