Category: AGRI-ECONOMICS

The smartphone has not only revolutionised communication; it is rewriting the rules on safety and security. Today, at the push of a button, a user can transmit a distress signal to a group of pre-identified individuals or services, including family members, friends, the police, the fire brigade and emergency medical units. The benefits for farmers…

Understanding these simple and general cost input terms will help you to calculate exactly how much your farming enterprise costs you to run. Input costs include items needed in your production process, such as labour, fertiliser and tractor fuel. Imputed charges (or costs) These represent the value of benefits enjoyed by the farm, or an…

Why is it important that trust administration is up to date? Trust assets are managed for the benefit of the trust beneficiaries; it is not the founder/trustee’s property to deal with as if it is part of his or her own estate. If the founder/trustee manages the trust assets as if they were his or…

Idiosyncratic accommodation always garners attention, and the Santos Express is no exception. The beds, in former rolling stock, now have a permanent and immovable home above the sands of Santos Beach in Mossel Bay. Accommodation ranges from basic single beds with shared ablution facilities to luxurious Royal Suite carriages with king-sized beds and en-suite bathrooms.…