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Mechanisation: Lessons learned from four African countries
Agricultural mechanisation is on the rise in Africa. Although up to 90% of farmers still rely on manual labour or working animals, this is...
Meet the Olympian rower who, in the end, chose farming
Despite being a junior Olympian, there was never any doubt that Paul Lombard would, one day, end up in agriculture. After all, both his...
Farmers must brace themselves for surging feed prices
Producers anticipate that consumers will have to pay more for red meat sometime this year based on rising animal feed prices, which are already...
3 things happening in agri today, 18 January 2021
The farmers’ television show, Vir die liefde van die land, is back by popular demand. The first episode, featuring Free State farmers Samson...
‘Fast-track land reform through community-private partnerships’
A lot has been said about how land reform programmes can be administered and many models exist, market-led approaches that have proven to be...