OFM Agri Hour
The Agri Hour with Gerben van Niekerk is OFM's flagship agriculture programme. Tune in, weekdays 5 - 6am.
Agri Hour: 5 November, Janine Ryan
In our Friday insert, only on OFM News' Agri Hour, Elsabé Richard speaks to the managing editor of Farmer’s Weekly, Janine Ryan, about the latest news in the agricultural industry covered in the magazine and on its website…
Agri-uur: 4 November, Isabel Kruger
Daar is verskeie voorsorgmaatreëls wat in ag geneem word wanneer vee verkoop of aangekoop word. Hierdie maatreëls sluit in om die regte dokumentasie in te vul en byderhand te hou. OFM-nuus se Elsabé Richard gaan vandag voort om met Isabel Kruger, voorsitter van die Veediefstal Voorkomingsforum in die Vrystaat, hieroor…
Agri-uur: 4 November, Willem de Chavonnes Vrugt
Daar is verskeie voorsorgmaatreëls wat in ag geneem word wanneer vee verkoop of aangekoop word. Hierdie maatreëls sluit in om die regte dokumentasie in te vul en byderhand te hê. OFM-nuus se Elsabé Richard, gaan vandag voort om met Isabel Kruger, voorsitter van die Veediefstal Voorkomingsforum in die Vrystaat, hieroor…
Agri-uur: 4 November, Chris Derksen
'n Bekende in die veebedryf, Chris Derksen, verskaf soos oudergewoonte die veilingspryse vir lewendehawe. Hy versprei dié inligting sodat produsente en kopers dieselfde inligting tot hul beskikking het om sodoende ingeligte besluite te kan neem met die aankoop en verkoop van lewendehawe op veilings. Die Noord-Vrystaat word as 'n indeksgebied…
Agri-uur: 3 November, Isabel Kruger
Artikel 6 van die Wet op Veediefstal, Wet Nr 57 van 1959, het te doen met die oordrag van eienaarskap van vee. Volgens Isabel Kruger, voorsitter van die Veediefstal Voorkomingsforum in die Vrystaat, is dit ook dié artikel se sub-artikel 3 wat vereis dat die dokumentasie van die transaksie vir…
Agri Hour: 3 November, Wandile Sihlobo
As usual on the Agri Hour, Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, Agbiz, provides a weekly insert about the latest on the global as well as South African agricultural markets. He also provides more information about the latest developments in the agricultural sector. Here…
Agri-uur: 2 November, Theo Vorster en Nicol Jansen
Verskeie uitdagings en kwessies in die landbousektor is gedurende vanjaar se Agri SA-kongres, onder die vaandel “Oorleef en floreer in die toekoms op die landboumanier,” onder die loep gebring. Theo Vorster, uitvoerende hoof van Galileo Capital, het 'n paneelbespreking gelei wat verskeie warm onderwerpe aangespreek het wat die sektor tans…
Agri-uur: 1 November, Johan van den Berg
Meeste van die damme in Sentraal Suid-Afrika is reeds vol, en sou ons meer reën ervaar, bestaan daar ‘n moontlikheid van oorstromings in die laagliggende gebiede waar hierdie damme geleë is. Johan van den Berg, onafhanklike landbouweerkundige, waarsku ook oor moontlike uitbrake van sprinkaanswerms. Hy het met OFM-nuus se Elsabé…
Agri-uur: 29 Oktober, Heinrich Victor
Die Suid-Afrikaanse wolmark het vandeesweek ‘n effense verbetering getoon. Dit, ten spyte van die verswakking in die Australiese wolmark. Heinrich Victor, senior wolbemarker by OVK, sê die verbetering kan grootliks toegeskryf word aan die verswakking van die Rand teenoor die vernaamste geldeenhede. Hier is Victor met meer…
Agri Hour: 29 October, Denene Erasmus
In our Friday insert, only on OFM News' Agri Hour, Elsabé Richard speaks to the editor of Farmer’s Weekly, Denene Erasmus, about the latest news in the agricultural industry covered in the magazine and on its website…
Agri Hour: 28 October, Zandisile Luphahla
A two-day locust control conference is currently underway in Upington in the Northern Cape where plans are being made in anticipation of another outbreak of brown locusts in central South Africa. This conference comes after sightings of brown locusts were previously reported in the Northern Cape as well as the…
Agri Hour: 28 October, Andrew Russell
There is some good news for South African cane growers who were brought to their knees by violent riots in Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng in July this year. To find out what this good news is, OFM’s Business Hour presenter, Olebogeng Motse, speaks to Chairperson of the South African Canegrowers Association,…
Agri-uur: 28 Oktober, Chris Derksen
'n Bekende in die veebedryf, Chris Derksen, verskaf soos oudergewoonte die veilingspryse vir lewendehawe. Hy versprei dié inligting sodat produsente en kopers dieselfde inligting tot hul beskikking het om sodoende ingeligte besluite te kan neem met die aankoop en verkoop van lewendehawe op veilings. Die Noord-Vrystaat word as 'n indeksgebied…
Agri-uur: 27 Oktober, Ben Janse van Rensburg
Die teel van skouhoenders is ‘n stokperdjie vir jonk en oud. Dít is volgens Ben Janse van Rensburg, ‘n liefhebber en teler van skouhoenders in Bainsvlei buite Bloemfontein in die Vrystaat. Janse van Rensburg teel onder meer met Poolse nie-bebaarde kuifkoppe en rooskam-bantams en deel dat die versorging van skouhoenders…
Agri Hour: 27 October, Wandile Sihlobo
As usual on the Agri Hour, Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, Agbiz, provides a weekly insert about the latest on the global as well as South African agricultural markets. He also provides more information about the latest developments in the agricultural sector. Here…
Agri Hour: 26 October, Nkonzo Mlongo
Women living in the rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal have ensured that they contribute to a food secure province. In part two of her interview, OFM News' Lee Simmons speaks to Corporate Affairs Executive, Nkonzo Mlongo, about these developments…
Agri Hour: 26 October, Paul Makube
The sharp increase in fuel prices is set to have a detrimental effect on the sustainability of Agriculture going forward, and to gain more insight, OFM News' Lee Simmons spoke to Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agribusiness, about the fuel prices…
Agri Hour: 25 October, Nkonzo Mlongo
Through various farming food programmes, many women across KwaZulu-Natal have been able to put food on their tables. OFM News' Lee Simmons speaks to corporate affairs executive, Nkonzo Mlongo, about these food programmes…
Agri Hour: 25 October, Minister Barbara Creecy
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, recently hosted a virtual event aimed towards briefing national and international stakeholders on South Africa’s international climate change talks, known as the Climate Change conference (COP 26). Here are some highlights from the minister’s speech…
Agri-uur: 25 Oktober, Christo van der Rheede
Stygende insetkoste, soos direkte materiaal, direkte arbeid en ander oorhoofse uitgawes bied 'n groot uitdaging vir voedselproduksie in Suid-Afrika. Om meer hieroor uit te vind, het OFM-nuus se Lee Simmons met Christo van der Rheede, uitvoerende direkteur van Agri SA, gesels…