Despite extreme climatic conditions in the past season, sunflower once again proved itself as a crop that can achieve good yields when the going gets tough.
When you farm with 10 000 cattle and six stud farms, you can’t leave anything to chance. On Rudi and Hugo Lemcke’s Kalahari farms in Botswana, each cow’s performance is measured against her annual cost – and no mercy is shown.
Sheep farmers in the Roggeveld undertake an annual journey with their livestock to the warmer grazing veld of the Tankwa Karoo during winter. In their case, it’s not extreme heat but the bitter cold that takes a toll on the flocks.
The first calf fully cloned by South African veterinarians has just been born in Badplaas, Mpumalanga. The Chianina calf, Michelle, was cloned from one of cattle farmer Christiaan de Jager’s best Chianina cows.
Mandla Mpofu was appointed deputy chair of the Agbiz Congress 2024, which took place recently at Sun City. He believes South Africa’s agricultural sector can earn its place alongside leading competitors in the global arena through inspiring young agripreneurs and innovators to step up and shape the industry of the future.
Some of Pellenc’s exciting new equipment, such as the Tow & Blow wind machine and the Trunk Shaker, which simplify the life of its customers, can be seen at Nampo this year.
Live the Ranger Life in the new Ford Ranger XL 2.0L Double Cab – the perfect combination of toughness and comfort. Designed for adventurous go-getters who value rugged style and tough practicality, this versatile bakkie effortlessly transitions between work, family and leisure activities. With its intelligent features and impressive capabilities, you can rely on this robust vehicle to handle anything that comes your way.
The Cape Leopard Trust (CLT) hopes portable kraals will assist with the conservation of predators and the protection of livestock.
A range of factors is contributing to a significant slowdown in purchases of new tractors and combine harvesters by South Africa’s farmers this year.
Mamothatha Mabitsela, a smallholder farmer, had no qualms about selling two of his tractors to aid his daughter Mosima in her pursuit of a doctorate.
On a scorching hot day in a stiflingly warm hall, Petrus Claasen van Eeden, a farmer from Harrismith, had the audience at African Farming’s sister magazine Landbouweekblad’s 2024 regenerative agriculture conference in Reitz on the edge of their seats with his “harvesting without using any diesel”.
According to the initial findings of a study conducted by Dr Jerry Dlamini, a lecturer and researcher specialising in agronomy at the Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State (UFS), conservation agricultural practices, such as legume rotation and no-till practices, can potentially reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions, especially highly radiative gases like nitrous oxide.
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