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Preventing Aflatoxin Poisoning
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Preventing Aflatoxin Poisoning

Aflatoxins can cause severe liver damage and may result in death, says Dr Mac. As such, proper feed storage is crucial.

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Farmer's Weekly August 2019
A Better Food Future For SA
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A Better Food Future For SA

Current methods of food production threaten the environment and human health, and change is thus urgently required in South Africa’s food system. In a report, recently published by the WWF-SA, titled ‘Agri-food Systems: Facts and Futures: How South Africa can produce 50% more by 2050’, the organisation’s senior manager of the policy and futures unit, Tatjana von Bormann, details the changes needed to achieve a better food future for the country.

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Farmer's Weekly August 2019
Inside Sa's Biggest Orchid Business
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Inside Sa's Biggest Orchid Business

What started out with a couple of plants bought at an orchid show in the 1960s, has turned into one of South Africa’s biggest orchid companies, Duckitt Nurseries. Wilferd Duckitt, the co-owner of the company

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Farmer's Weekly August 2019
Duck Breasts With Chopped Onions And Garlic
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Duck Breasts With Chopped Onions And Garlic

This exceptional meal deserves a special occasion.

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Farmer's Weekly August 2019
Kubota Goes Big In North America
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Kubota Goes Big In North America

After announcing earlier this year that the company will launch a range of high-horsepow tractors for the North American market, Kubota recently unveiled the M8 Series, its largest tractor ever.

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Farmer's Weekly August 2019
Sowing Seeds Of Hope
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Sowing Seeds Of Hope

Sanna Tibane and her daughter, Ingrid Lerato, believe that a successful vegetable operation requires sound agronomic practices, knowledge of how the formal market functions, the ability to stick it through the tough times, and hard work. 

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20 July 2018
Red Lice Control In Sheep And Goats
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Red Lice Control In Sheep And Goats

This pest can lead to weight loss and blowfly strike. Fortunately, it can be controlled effectively.

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20 July 2018
breeding for the future
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breeding for the future

mecki and brigitte schneider of the okabra brahman stud in the grootfontein district in namibia own one of the largest stud and commercial beef cattle operations in southern africa. wayne southwood investigates how they made significant improvements to their herd by continually applying sound scientific principles.

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27 january 2017
mechanising farming in africa
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mechanising farming in africa

global agricultural equipment company, agco, recently announced plans to restructure its asia- pacific region to include africa and increase its operations in africa. gary collar, senior vice-president and general manager (gm) for asia-pacific and africa and nuradin osman, gm for agco africa, spoke to denene erasmus about agco’s plans for expansion in africa that will be driven from the company’s new regional headquarters in johannesburg.

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27 january 2017