What to do when someone applies for mineral rights on your land
Landowners or lawful occupiers of property often ask what they should do when someone else applies for mineral or petroleum resource rights (or related approvals) on their land. As a producer, it is necessary...
SA-made agri satellite, a world first
The world’s first agriculture-focussed satellite, EOS SAT-1(AgriSat-1/ZA-008), was launched on 3 January 2023 by US aerospace company SpaceX at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The imaging satellite built by a South African company, Dragonfly Aerospace,...
Ons verantwoordelikheid in verandering
Met die uitdagings van die 2020-inperkingsjaar nog vars in die geheue, was die hoop vir 2021 geskoei op alles wat sou terugkeer na “normaal”. 2021 het egter onteenseglik bewys dat die wêreld verander het....
Tripartite agreement sets the pace for continental free trade
Three African regional economic communities (RECs) have taken a bold step towards advancing intra-Africa trade, consistent with the African Union’s action plan for boosting such trade.
South Africa’s trade with the Southern African Development Community...
Unrest in KZN – reflections and lessons learnt
The recent unprecedented unrest which swept from the two main cities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Durban and Pietermaritzburg, through to rural towns and communities across the province, has forever changed the agricultural environment in which...
Imbizo 2021: Maize grading training in partnership with SAGL and Afgri
The Grain SA Imbizo project kick-started again in September 2021 after the last one took place in 2019.
This is a programme aimed at empowering farmers who have graduated from the farmer development department into...
Kunsmatige vleis – feit of fabel?
In haar nuwe boek, The way we eat now: Strategies for eating in a world of change, wat in Maart vanjaar verskyn het, vra die Amerikaanse koskenner, Bee Wilson, of ons werklik kan sê...
‘My maize helps to eliminate hunger’
With a yield of 14,7 t/ha, Bheki Mabuza (48) walked away with a third-place finish in the category for maize production in the eastern Highveld region in the 2021 Grain SA Grow for Gold...
Aalwurmnavorsing beperk verliese
Syngenta het onlangs ’n wêreldwye webinaar vir sy eerste One Earth, Soil and Root Health Forum, met die kollig op Afrika, aangebied. Die doel van hierdie geleentheid was om die belangrikheid van grond- en...
Laat jou grond vir jou werk
Dink hieroor na: Hoe moet een voel wat nie verstaan nie of wat nie verstaan word nie? Moeder Aarde praat ’n taal van harmonie, volhoubaarheid en diversiteit. Ons wend egter nie ’n poging aan...
