Month: October 2022

Wie is hierdie veelsydige Gordon Brace van Zulani Safari’s?

Published by Hein Eksteen

Gordon is in Zambië gebore en het reeds op ouderdom nege saam met ŉ legendariese jagter begin jag om vleis aan die myne te voorsien. Daar verloor die familie weens onteiening alles wat hulle besit het en trek na die ou Rhodesië waar die Zambië-ervaring hom weer afspeel. “Daarna gaan ek op ŉ wêreldreis en het meer as 60 lande besoek. Terug in Suid-Afrika bekom ons ŉ vrugteplaas in Lydenburg se omgewing. Alhoewel die plaas baie suksesvol was, wou ek nog altyd ŉ wildsplaas besit het.”

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ALA helps cattle methane emissions drop by almost 10%

Published by René Lötter

In South Africa consumers are not as concerned about the environmental impact of cow burps and farts as those in the EU or the rest of the western world. But the global media has been reporting for some time how about a third of human-caused methane emissions come from livestock.

The things that keep South African farmers awake at night

Published by Staff Reporter

There are a lot of challenges in the South African farming sector that keeps farmers awake at night, but fears that we will “go the route of Zimbabwe” are ungrounded.

Mockford varkies smaak so lekker ‘want hulle speel so lekker’

Published by Staff Reporter

Mockford Farms is die wenner van Landbouskrywers SA se Limpopo-streekstoekenning. Die boerdery is gebaseer naby Polokwane en behels verskeie, diverse, boerdery-ondernemings naby Haenertsburg, Mokopane en Bronkhorstspruit.

New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps to reduce emissions

Published by René Lötter

produce from burping and urinating in a bid to tackle climate change. The world-first scheme will see farmers paying for agricultural emissions in some form by 2025, reports BBC News. The country’s farming industry accounts for about half of its emissions.

Danish farmers must halve greenhouse gas – or cough up

Published by Staff Reporter

The European Union is serious about reducing their carbon footprint and introducing more earth-friendly pest control. Reuters reports that Denmark’s agricultural and forestry sector must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% and 65% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels.

Smart farming: Cutting edge horti-centre opens at Stellenbosch

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On 20th October 2022 a consortium of partners in the horticultural sector, including local and Dutch companies, in partnership with Stellenbosch University, will officially open the brand new HortiDemoCentre.

Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Award announced

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As part of an ongoing partnership between Absa and the SA Olive Industry Association, every year following the annual SA Olive Awards the highest-scoring gold medal winners are entered into an additional round of blind judging. Out of this, the ten top scoring Extra Virgin Olive Oils are then selected for the prestigious Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Award.

Chicken consumption soars as lamb, beef prices rise

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forecasts that chicken meat production will increase by 2 percent in 2023 as a result of normalization of feed costs, improvement of animal health, economic recovery, and investment by the industry.

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Month: October 2022

Wie is hierdie veelsydige Gordon Brace van Zulani Safari’s?

Lees nou aanlyn

ALA helps cattle methane emissions drop by almost 10%

The things that keep South African farmers awake at night

Mockford varkies smaak so lekker ‘want hulle speel so lekker’

New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps to reduce emissions

Danish farmers must halve greenhouse gas – or cough up

Smart farming: Cutting edge horti-centre opens at Stellenbosch

Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Award announced

Chicken consumption soars as lamb, beef prices rise