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Commercial aquaponics systems remain a challenge independent of the country, fish, plant species, or system design type. Hobbyists make most aquaponics systems, with aquaponics not being ...

As you think about managing risk to stabilize farm income, there are five basic sources of agricultural risk that you should address: Production, marketing, financial, ...

South African businesses, already facing significant risk of cyberattacks, have been warned to step up their cybersecurity as the festive season is expected to see ...

“Almost overnight the internet has gone from a technical wonder to a business must” - Bill Schrader No matter the size of your business or ...

Mechanisation is necessary when doing crop production but can be very costly due to improper practices because of expensive farm machinery costs and increasing fuel ...

Alexander Gibson: Agri Wes-Kaap Santam Landbou se Jongboer van die Jaar 2021 Die 32-jarige Alexander Gibson van Ceres in die Witzenberg Vallei is Woensdagaand 19 ...

Ons boer van die maand in die Januarie 2021 uitgawe is Lourens en Ignatius de Jager van Helderwater Boerdery (Edms) Bpk, op die plaas Witfontein, ...

Commodity traders in agriculture companies face these 5 main business challenges: 1. Cash management 2. Risk/hedging effectiveness 3. Operational/supply chain efficiencies 4. Accurate & timely ...

Die Boer van die Maand reeks fokus op gewone mense, hul boerderyondernemings, leefstyl en hul unieke uitdagings. Ons kyk ook na die groter gemeenskap en ...

The restitution of land remains a very emotive issue in South Africa. The general consensus is that the land question needs to be addressed expeditiously ...

Nollie Stofberg Ons boer van die maand vir Oktober is Nollie Stofberg van Swartwalle, Houmoed en Platdrif in die Rawsonville omgewing. Nollie het in 1977 ...

The South African agribusiness pool is filled with ample opportunities. Despite the various challenges facing the regional sectors, there seems to be a silver-lining for ...

A Simple Explanation “The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are ...

Die Boer van die Maand reeks fokus op gewone mense, hul boerderyondernemings, lewenstyle en die unieke uitdagings waarmee hulle te make het. Hierdie maand wil ...

Growing up in an agricultural setting along with years of service accumulated in a corporate finance environment are two of the biggest contributors that influenced ...

Our Farmer of the Month is Trevor Strydom of Audacia Wines. Audacia is a 23-hectare wine farm situated between Stellenbosch and Somerset West in South ...

To alleviate the cashflow difficulties of employees where their employers contribute to the Solidarity Fund on their behalf, Government is proposing a special relief measure ...

Powerful African plant moringa has been around for centuries. Popular for its medicinal purposes, moringa is mostly revered for its potent antioxidants which qualify it ...

The Farmer of the Month series features ordinary people, their farming enterprises, lifestyles and the special challenges they are faced with. It is also our ...

Ons kuier in die Junie uitgawe by die Mostert-familie van Dassenvaley Bpk van Philadelphia. Die boerdery word bedryf deur Tobie en Hanlie Mostert en hul ...

Agriculture plays a crucial role in the African economy and the daily lives of most Africans. The continent has 65 percent of the world’s remaining uncultivated ...

Our Farmer of the Month for the May 2020 edition is John Ford of Elmhurst and Charlgrove in the Port Alfred district. Elmhurst is situated ...

Some advice for small businesses On the 23rd March 2020, a 21-day lockdown was imposed on all South Africans from the 27th March until the 16th ...

Ons kuier vandeesmaand by  die boer van die maand: Ernst Stofberg van Dwarsberg Plaas en Dwarsberg Trout Hideaway, Louwshoek, Rawsonville in die Wes-Kaap. Dwarsberg Plaas ...

Financial statements are a written record of the financial performance and business activities of a given company. Financial statements are usually audited by accountants, government ...

The Institute of Race Relations today launches a campaign to get straight answers from important entities in the agri-business sector on where they stand on ...

New ways to generate renewable electricity will offer cheap stored power and a solution to balancing supply and demand. Finding effective ways to store energy ...

The Overberg is bustling with activity as we are getting closer to NAMPO CAPE 2019, taking place from 4 – 6 September at Bredasdorp Park ...

In South Africa thousands of property transfers take place daily. People purchase land to live on, to conduct business on or merely to keep as ...

Die titel is gebore uit die agtergrond van ‘n komplekse belastingsisteem wat tans bestaan uit sy verskeie belasting wetgewings wat gereeld aangepas moet word om ...

Researchers have found three new ways to double the solar dividend, making the sun work harder and deliver more to the renewable economy. A new, ...

The agricultural value chain concept has been used since the beginning of the millennium, primarily by those working in agricultural development in developing countries. Although ...

1 January 2019 saw South Africa’s first ever national minimum wage come into effect. Stakeholders first signed the national minimum wage agreement in February 2017, ...

The Giba Communal Property Association (CPA) in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, has signed a partnership agreement with private investor W van R Schmidt (Pty) Ltd, facilitated through ...

Despite innovations that make it easier for seniors to keep living on their own rather than moving into special facilities, most elderly people eventually need ...

The Vumelana Advisory Funds emphasises a need for a partnership driven approach as an immediate way to address land reform challenges following the State of ...

Die Transformasie-eenheid van die Suid-Afrikaanse Wynbedryf het me Wendy Petersen aangestel as Operasionele Bestuurder vanaf 1 Februarie 2019. Die Transformasie-eenheid is ‘n gesamentlike, inklusiewe, onafhanklike ...

BVSA HRMConnect offer a wide range of human resource management services to our clients. Why are Employment Contracts so important? Many South African employers do ...

Eskom, the national (and sole) electricity provider in South Africa has embarked on a programme of load shedding (planned power outages) as a result of ...

Now that the rains have returned to the Boland, the farm road leading to the office at Lakeview Farm is muddy and the previously scorched ...

Digital innovations are set to transform a global food system in crisis. These innovations, however, are reliant on large sets of data to help farmers ...

A professionally drafted will is undoubtedly the single most important legal document one can possess. Unfortunately, the value thereof is often overlooked and misconstrued by ...

Die las op belastingbetalers in Suid-Afrika raak al swaarder. Verskeie faktore dra hierby toe, waarvan die grootste seker die feit is dat die bevolking waaraan ...

Landowners and harvesters who harvest wild fynbos can now better manage their fynbos populations through a new cell phone application. The app, called i-Fynbos, collects information ...