GENERAL
Pieter & Tshepo
DID YOU KNOW?
Ants are among
very few creatures
known to cultivate
crops and livestock.
At least 210 ant species are fungus
farmers, chewing up organic matter to
fertilise crops.
Some even protect their crops with pes
ticides, growing bacteria that produce
specialised antibiotics to suppress
fungal garden parasites.
According to 2015 research, certain
kinds of ants can control agricultural
pests as efficiently as synthetic
pesticides.
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JAPIE GROBLER
Chairman of the Agri Securitas Trust Fund
After trust fund money was appropriated
for the protection of producers and their
farm workers.
‶ The technology used as protec-
tive measure is not a guarantee
that farm attacks or crime will not
occur. However, it could delay an
attack or make it difficult to exe-
cute and attack and give the indi-
vidual the opportunity to counter
such an attack or crime. Without
this support it would be impos-
sible to protect our farmers and
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farm workers.
Agricultural Economist
Speaking on the impact of the fuel price
hike on agriculture.
‶ It is estimated that a R1/ litre
Ants and humans both have to deal
with infectious diseases caused by
bacteria. Instead of heading to a doctor.
However, some ant species produce
their own antibiotic medications on the
surfaces of their bodies.
Source: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/
animals/blogs/amazing-antics-ants
increase in fuel costs equates to
a R1 billion increase in input costs
per year for the agricultural sector. FRANCOIS STRYDOM
across the various industries from About innovation and producers’ needs.
These costs manifest differently Senwes CEO
planting, harvesting and distribu- ‶ We sell a tractor, but the produc-
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tion to packaging.
er does not actually want a tractor.
He actually wants a ploughed field.
PETER O’HALLORAN
When you sell solutions, you sell
SA Tax Specialist
On the Carbon Tax Bill to be implemented
in 2019 and how farmers can benefit from
carbon credits.
‶ Two aspects of the new tax
bill should be of interest to South
African farmers. Credits can be
obtained by growing carbon
maximum time on a tractor and
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everything the producer needs.
BILL AND MELINDA GATES
FOUNDATION
When they announced nearly $200 million
in new agriculture grants, bringing the
foundation total to over $2 billion.
“sinks”, plants that use conside ‶ Investments in agriculture are
energy can also lower the opera- and poverty, and they have made
rable CO 2 . Using other forms of
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tional costs of the farm.
the best weapons against hunger
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life better for billions of people.
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