This issue celebrates Farmer's Weekly's 105th anniversary, as well as some of the agricultural family businesses that have helped to shape the farming sector in South Africa. These are stories about families who arrived in South Africa with little more ...

Promoting and supporting the use of draft animals will have significant consequences for the empowerment of emerging farmers and the communities in which they live, says animal traction expert, Bruce Joubert.

Weekly quotes TE's Responsible Wool Standard Volatile rand hits mohair sales Wool prices down Knysna elephant sighting Agricultural machinery prices 'now escalating sharply' Somalia's exportation success Japan wants to encourage farming culture Climate ...

Two-a-Day's Dr Mias Pretorius and Daan Brink described to Glenneis Kriel how picking platforms are improving the company's production.

Farmers will not be able to feed the world's growing population unless they are allowed to use biotechnology.

A recent Tax Court judgement is relevant to those wishing to challenge reassessments.

Insulating is a relatively simple and affordable procedure. And it saves a significant amount of electricity.

Agrico has served the SA farming community for more than a hundred years. Alfred Andrag, fourth-generation member of this family business, talked to Glenneis Kriel about how the company stays ahead of the game while retaining traditional values.

Much of South African agriculture is founded on the blood, sweat and tears of generations of farming families and their workers. The Scheuers are one such family, arriving on Natal soil in 1859 and remaining there today, six generations later.

When Cornelius van Niekerk passed away, he left his sons, Jan and Bertie, a commercial beef cattle herd. He also left his daughters-inlaw, Marizelle and Annie, a cattle stud each.

Wine estate Simonsig pioneered Méthode Cap Classique - a traditional style of producing sparkling wines - in South Africa. The method has since been adopted by a number of estates. Winemaker Johan Malan spoke to Jeandré du Preez about Simonsig's ...

The Jefferies family farm on land near Kei Mouth that was settled by their ancestors in the early 1870s. Family members who first settled along the former Cape's Eastern Frontier in 1820 endured wars and other hardships.

Bringing a farm back to life Growing papayas - Part 4

Having already addressed bollworms, this week we discuss the control of aphid, cutworm and leaf miner in lettuce crops.

I've heard rumblings from on high that it should be compulsory for bigger farmers to allocate, say, 20% of their produce to a black-owned market agency. This is despite the fact that the Agricultural Produce Agents Council (APAC) and others continually ...

As part of our 105th anniversary issue, Joe Spencer takes us back to when men were men, and tractors were temperamental beasts.

Better ride quality, performance and build are just some of the features that make this the most significant new Hilux in decades, says Gavin Foster.

Light commercial vehicles Tractor prices

Jeep Legend boots Snappy Chef cookware set Mediterranean food hamper Davey's FireFighter single-stage pump

Near the Fochville turnoff on the N12, between Johannesburg and Potchefstroom, a tall monument stands atop a lonely koppie. It is here that an epic feat took place during the Second Anglo-Boer War, says Graham Jooste.