‘IT WAS A HORRIFYING SIGHT TO BEHOLD’

- A farmer near the town of Jagersfontein in the Free State, Dennis Louw, lamenting the extensive losses he suffered when a tailings dam adjacent to his farm collapsed and flooded his property (pg 22). '[…] soya bean fares considerably better than maize under very wet production conditions' - Chairperson of Grain SA's Sunflower and Soybean Working Group, Ralf Küsel, outlining the many advantages of soya bean as an alternative crop in the summer rainfall production regions (pg 22). ‘Why should [we] pay more for Eskom power if the service is unreliable?' - General manager of TLU SA, Bennie van Zyl, expressing strong opposition to Eskom's application for steep hikes in electricity tariffs (pg 20). ‘If some of the products were eliminated […], citrus exports would be in serious trouble' - Operations and stewardship manager at…

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Farmer's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 21 October 2022

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