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In this issue

Intensive sheep farm achieves 180% per year weaning rate. SOILInflux of new entrants puts pressure on SA. Top-grade lucerne: a profitable export crop that’s good for the soil. SA wine industry needs big brands, not bulk wine – Mike Ratcliffe. How agriculture can limit Earth’s shocking biodiversity loss – WWF report

Saving The Planet Depends On A New Agriculture

Nature is essential for human existence, providing and sustaining the air, freshwater and soils on which we all depend. It also regulates the climate and provides pollination and pest control. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) ‘Living Planet Report 2020’, while more food and energy than ever before are supplied, overexploitation of plants and animals is increasingly eroding nature’s ability to provide these in the future.

Saving The Planet Depends On A New Agriculture

5 mins

19 DECEMBER 1979 - Watering the Holy Land

41 YEARS AGO

19 DECEMBER 1979 - Watering the Holy Land

2 mins

Wine: the future doesn't look like the past

The COVID-19 lockdown and its effects have undeniably changed South Africa’s wine landscape, according to Mike Ratcliffe, founder of Wine Business Advisors. Jeandré van der Walt spoke to him about what the wine industry would look like after the pandemic and how it should navigate the next few years to stay profitable and build big brands in a fiercely competitive world.

Wine: the future doesn't look like the past

3 mins

Woman Vintner Shakes Up Wine Industry In The Free State

Picture the Free State, and you are likely to recall lands of maize and golden sunflowers stretching to the horizon. Near Jacobsdal, however, Tebogo Ditsebe is bucking the trend: she grows wine grapes and produces wine under her own label. Jeandré van der Walt reports.

Woman Vintner Shakes Up Wine Industry In The Free State

5 mins

Farmer Tackles Hunger And Food Wastage In The Face Of Covid-19

Farmers across South Africa have launched food aid initiatives for their local communities to ease the hardships and suffering brought about by the COVID-19 lockdown. Fruit and vegetable producer Rossouw Cillié of Laastedrif near Ceres spoke to Jeandré van der Walt about his involvement in distributing food parcels to Western Cape families in need.

Farmer Tackles Hunger And Food Wastage In The Face Of Covid-19

4 mins

A Lean, Mean Sheepproducing Machine

Sheep production has become a numbers game, with an operation’s profitability being largely dependent on the farmer’s ability to produce large numbers of sheep at low cost. Farm manager Dirk Liebenberg spoke to Glenneis Kriel about how he achieves this goal.

A Lean, Mean Sheepproducing Machine

8 mins

Making lucerne hay while maximising soil health

Free State irrigation farmer Freek Strauss grows lucerne for the local and export markets. At the same time, the crop improves the soil’s condition, thus increasing the yields of other crops in rotation. Sabrina Dean reports.

Making lucerne hay while maximising soil health

5 mins

Growing avocados: Part 4

Avocado trees can be arranged in an orchard in a number of ways. Each has its advantages.

Growing avocados: Part 4

2 mins

Thorn tree leaves: a nutritious grain substitute in pig feed

Smallholder pig production in Southern Africa is constrained by feed shortages and the demand for grains to feed the ever-growing human population. This makes it important to identify alternative feedstuffs for pigs.

Thorn tree leaves: a nutritious grain substitute in pig feed

2 mins

How Insect Predators Can Help You

Beneficial insects used in integrated pest management (IPM) can sometimes completely eliminate the need for crop chemicals, or at least reduce chemical spraying to a minimum. In addition, there are now crop chemicals that are much safer for parasitoids and predators.

How Insect Predators Can Help You

2 mins

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Farmer's Weekly Magazine Description:

PublisherCTP Limited t/a Farmer’s Weekly

CategoryBusiness

LanguageEnglish

FrequencyWeekly

Farmer’s Weekly is an agricultural magazine based in South Africa, targeting the whole of Southern Africa. The magazine is committed to advancing the interests of the region’s farmers and its agricultural industry by serving as a mouthpiece for the industry and by keeping its readers informed of the latest developments in the agricultural sector.

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