Farmer's Weekly

In this episode of the Weekly Wrap, Janine Ryan and Julinda Schroeder explain what you can expect to read in the 28 May issue of Farmer’s Weekly, which will be on shelf on 21 May. This week’s features include an article on the importance of biosecurity on chicken farms, particularly considering the recent increase in avian influenza cases in South Africa. Also discussed is the importance of timing...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 21 May issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Julinda Schroeder. This week’s main feature article is about running a successful livestock operation in Zululand through ensuring a perfect balance between natural and supplemental feed. The second article h...

14 May – The Weekly Wrap Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 14 May issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Denene Erasmus. In this week’s issue, the main focus in on farm machinery and mechanisation as we take a look at some of the machinery trends that are shaping the future of agricultur...

The Weekly Wrap discusses some of the top news and articles featured in the latest edition of Farmer’s Weekly magazine, as well as the trending topics for the week on its online and social media platforms.

In this week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap, Janine Ryan looks at some of the feature and news articles in the 30 April issue of Farmer’s Weekly, which will be on shelf on 23 April. This issue, which focuses on pig farming for small-scale producers and animal feed, includes an article on implementing cost-effective biosecurity on your pig farm, as well as tips on choosing the right breed for your pi...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 23 April issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Julinda Schroeder. This week’s main feature articles include a look at the do’s and dont’s of growing bananas, with brothers Riaan and WJ Heystek sharing their experiences of setting up a banana enterprise...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 16 April issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Denene Erasmus. This week’s issue includes a feature on one of South Africa’s top goat’s cheese producers. In another feature, Farmer’s Weekly explores the need for new water governance structures to stop t...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the Farmer’s Weekly double issue of 2&9 April in this episode of the Weekly Wrap, presented by Sindira Chetty. In this week’s issue we speak to 26-year-old pig farmer Jason Buys of Oceanview Piggery in the Western Cape about his free-range pig operation and how he plans to grow his business to commer...

In this week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap, Janine Ryan discusses what you can expect to read in the 26 March issue of Farmer’s Weekly, which will be on shelf on 19 March. In this week’s issue, Farmer’s Weekly speaks to Wagyu stud farmer Dr Anja Steinberg, who runs her stud on sourveld in Mpumalanga. Steinberg discusses how she produces top-quality Wagyu animals with a marbling score of between 4 a...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 19 March issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap, presented by Julinda Schroeder. This week’s cover article is a profile on Beverli Katz, owner of Klein Sandfontein Boerboels and winner of the 2020 SA Stud Book Herd of the Year award for other species, and her magnificent Boer...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 12 March issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Denene Erasmus. In this week’s main feature article, we go back to basics as we speak to researchers in the South African livestock industry about the differences between the main cattle breed groups found...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 5 March issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Julinda Schroeder. This week’s main feature articles include a profile on TAU SA Young Farmer of the Year for 2020, Danie Bester, we speak to small-scale vegetable and sugar beet farmer near Johannesburg Mab...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 26 February issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Sindira Chetty. This issue focuses on one of the oldest and purest cattle breeds, the Braunvieh. This breed was first introduced to South Africa 114 years ago and is known to thrive under some of the har...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 19 February issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Denene Erasmus. This week’s main feature articles include a piece on the recent boom in citrus, avocado and macadamia production in South Africa. These industries have experienced rapid growth on the bac...

In this episode of the Weekly Wrap, Janine Ryan takes a look at some of the features and news included in the 12 February issue of Farmer’s Weekly, which will be on shelf from 5 February. This issue focuses on farm safety and security, and Farmer’s Weekly looks at various surveillance technologies that can help farmers respond swiftly to possible threats. This focus also includes a feature on farm...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 5 February issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Sindira Chetty. This week’s main feature looks at the key factors on how to manage the reproduction and productivity rate of a flock of sheep. This issue also includes articles on a litchi farmer in Mpuma...

In this episode of the Weekly Wrap, Janine Ryan discusses what readers can expect from the 29 January issue of Farmer’s Weekly. Featured in this issue is a Boer goat farming business in Mpumalanga that has gone from strength to strength as demand for goat meat expands. Also included in this issue is a story about an apple farmer in Elgin, who through regenerative farming principles and improved ro...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 15 and 22 January combined issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Denene Erasmus. This week’s main features include an article that looks at the major trends that will dominate food consumption habits in South Africa in 2021, a production article on grow...

In this week of the Weekly Wrap, Janine Ryan and Sindira Chetty speak about the 1 and 8 January issue of Farmer’s Weekly. This issue is the New Year issue, and includes commodity outlooks for 2021. Chetty and Ryan elaborate on the outlook for the economy and land reform in 2021, as well as the outlooks for the red meat and poultry sectors, as well as the outlooks for avocados, nuts, maize and whea...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the final edition of Farmer’s Weekly for 2020. In this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Denene Erasmus and Sindira Chetty, the focus is not only on the top articles from the 18 and 25 December special edition of the magazine, but Erasmus and Chetty also reflect on their most memorable...

In this episode of the Weekly Wrap, Janine Ryan speaks about the highlights of the 11 December issue. These include a South Devon stud that keeps on breaking records; a high-density mango orchard pioneer aiming to produce 100t/ha; a study that shows that genetically-adapted cattle breeds handle heat stress better; why the DA wants farm attacks to be labelled ‘hate’ crimes; and using bats to battle...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 4 December issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Denene Erasmus. This week’s issue comes with a special pull-out section featuring all the finalists and winners from the 2020 Agricultural Research Council’s National Beef Performers Awards. This week’s m...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 27 November issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Sindira Chetty. In the main feature article, we learn how genetics and technology drives dairy production profitability at one of SA's top Jersey studs. A commercial grain farmer from the Eastern Cape ta...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the main articles featured in the 20 November issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Julinda Schroeder. This week we tell the story of Johan Erasmus, one of the pioneers of the Boran cattle breed in South Africa and a farmer mentor from Derby in North West; take a closer look at a s...

Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 13 November issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Janine Ryan. This week’s main feature articles discuss the threat of mycotoxins in animal feed to animal health and food security, as well as the sunny outlook for solar power in South Africa. Farmer’s W...