OFM Agri Hour
The Agri Hour with Gerben van Niekerk is OFM's flagship agriculture programme. Tune in, weekdays 5 - 6am.
Grain SA celebrates developing farmers
OFM News agri editor Sabrina Dean spoke to Grain SA CEO Jannie de Villiers during the organisation’s annual Day of Celebration in Bloemfontein last week. He says it is a very special event for them and describes it as a celebration of the harvest of farmers who have been undergoing…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Monday 26 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.
Graan SA gee erkenning aan land se beste ontwikkelende graanboere
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, het gister Graan SA "Day of Celebration", bygewoon. Op hierdie geleentheid word erkenning gegee aan ontwikkelende boere. Sy gesels hier met Graan SA se tweede vise-voorsitter, Preline Swart, 'n vorige wenner. Swart sê die benoemings vir beste "subsistence" of bestaansboer en beste kleinboer beteken verskriklik…
Agri sector news with OFM and Farmer's Weekly
OFM News' agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Farmer's Weekly news editor Marlise Scheepers about some of the big stories in the agriculture sector over the last week. They look into a court application brought by pork producers to try and prevent certain cuts of pork being imported from the…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Friday 23 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.
Police, farmers focus on building up trust relationship
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean spoke to Major General Solly Lesia, Mangaung cluster commander, about some of the key messages that emerged during a rural safety summit in Bloemfontein yesterday. He highlights issues such as the need for improved communication, adherence to the rural safety protocol, employment of illegal…
Betrokkenheid van boere kan misdaadskwessies oplos
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, was gister by ‘n landelike veiligheidsberaad in Bloemfontein waar sy met Leroy van der Merwe van die Glen Landbouvereniging gesels het. Hy sê sulke tipe interaksie is van onskatbare waarde om landelike gemeenskappe in staat te stel om vir hul veiligheid verantwoordelikheid te neem. Hulle…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news,Thursday 22 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Tuesday 20 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.
Veebedryf van nader bekyk
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, gesels met die landbou-ekonoom, dr. Kobus Laubscher. In vandag se gesprek kyk hulle na die veebedryf en vra die vraag wat gaan gebeur as dit nou reën.
Binnelandse melkprodusente sukkel om te oorleef
OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean, het onlangs by ‘n paar melkboere in Noordwes gaan kers opsteek. In hierdie onderhoud gesels sy met Japie Nel van Hernanja Jerseys. Hy vertel van die moeilike tye waardeur hulle en ander binnelandse melkprodusente is, veroorsaak deur die droogte, hoë voerkoste en lae melkpryse.
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Monday 19 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am
Icar reafirms SA Studbook certification
OFM News agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Dr Japie van der Westhuizen, manager of production recording at SA Studbook, about a certificate of quality issued by the International Committee on Animal Recording (Icar). Van der Westhuizen explains that the certification allows SA Studbook to benchmark itself against similar organisations…
Agri sector news with OFM and Farmer's Weekly
OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Farmer’s Weekly journalist Gerhard Uys about some of the big issues in the agriculture sector over the last week. They discuss several worrying stories including thousands of mining exploration applications in KwaZulu-Natal, the huge decline in cattle herds in Limpopo and a…
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Friday 16 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am
Boere betaal belasting en is dus geregtig op droogtehulp
OFM-nuus het vroeër hierdie week met Agri SA se Uitvoerende Direkteur, Omri van Zyl, gesels oor die organisasie se jongste beroep op die regering om droogtehulp aan boere te voorsien. Van Zyl verduidelik ook bietjie meer oor die omvang van die droogte.
Land Bank upbeat about 2015/16 results
OFM News agri editor Sabrina Dean spoke to Bennie van Rooy, Chief Financial Officer of the Land Bank, about the financial results for the last financial year. Van Rooy says there were a lot of changes within the organisation over the last year, as well as other challenges such as…
Georganiseerde landbou: Twee plaasaanvalle binne ure in die Vrystaat
Daar was gister in die vroeë oggendure twee afsonderlike plaasaanvalle in die Vrystaat, een in Bothaville en nog een in Smithfield. OFM-nuus se landbouredakteur, Sabrina Dean,het met Vrystaat Landbou se Tommie Esterhuyse gesels oor die aanvalle. Hy sê hulle rekords toon daar was tot dusver 37 plaasanvalle in die provinsie…
Nuus: Twee plaasaanvalle binne ure in die Vrystaat
Daar was gister in die vroeë oggendure twee afsonderlike plaasaanvalle in die Vrystaat, een in Bothaville en nog een in Smithfield. Die OFM-nuusspan het die plaas Grootkloof besoek en met die boer Piet Swanepoel gesels oor wat gebeur het. Hier is Karien Jordaan met die nuusberig wat gister uitgesaai is:
Agriculture news
Agriculture news, Thursday 15 September 2016. Broadcast on Before Dawn - weekdays from 5am-6am.