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Bits & bridles the essential equipment needed to control your horse. Moving off grid
municipalities must revise by laws to facilitate the transition. Farmworker’s son savours fruits of his labour as premium wine producer. Secrets of a top show poultry breeder. Soil health linked to the nutrition level in our foods.

Wine industry struggles to remain sustainable

Dark clouds hovering over the wine industry pose threat to job creation, rural development and economic growth

6 mins

Farmworker's son realises his farming dream

In 2019, Paul Siguqa became one of the first black owners of a wine farm in the Franschhoek Valley and established himself as a producer of premium wine. He talked to Glenneis Kriel about his journey to success.

6 mins

How history has shaped our use of bits and bridles

Bits and bridles have been used for millennia to control and communicate with horses. In this article, Janine Ryan looks at the history of the equipment, as well as the most common types used today.

10+ mins

A passion for poultry

Clinton du Preez has approximately 600 chickens of various breeds neatly housed in the backyard of his Stutterheim home in the Eastern Cape. Mike Burgess visited him recently to better understand his life-long passion for breeding and showing top-quality poultry.

5 mins

You are what your food ate: the health connection in the soil

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, goes the saying about the role of diet in overall health. New research however suggests that good health is less about the quantity of produce we ingest, and more about quality. Soil health makes all the difference in growing food that fills versus food that nourishes. Lindi Botha reports.

8 mins

Producing baby carrots

Baby carrots can take various forms, and these change over time due to marketing and customer response

2 mins

SALMONELLA Zoonotic diseases: Part 4

Salmonella is a genus of gram-negative bacteria. The two known species of Salmonella are Salmonella enterica and Salmonella bongori.

4 mins

ORV upgrades Loadall Telehandler

Fourth generation of Karoo livestock farmers make hay while the sun shines partnering with Bell Equipment to boost their productivity.

3 mins

John Deere's 5080E and 5080EN revolutionising farming in SA

John Deere proudly introduces its latest power-packed duo on African soil for the first time, the 5080E and the 5080EN tractors. Their versatility extends over various tasks on your farm.

3 mins

Wuhlf mulchers: stewards of the land

In the face of bush encroachment with invasive species threatening the natural flora, Wuhlf Equipment’s innovative machines come into play.

2 mins

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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.