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Budget 2023: Give tax relief where communities provide services themselves
“Compensate communities for public services that we have to provide ourselves”. This is the message that Free State Agriculture (FSA) wants to convey to the Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, before the budget speech that takes place on 22…
2023 FS Young Farmer of the Year candidates – an asset to their communities
Three determined and dynamic young farmers, each of whom is an asset to their respective communities, will face each other to be named Free State Agriculture’s 27th Young Farmer of the Year. The candidates are: Hansie Müller (36) from Viljoenskroon…
Free State Farmers will help make SA work – REGARDLESS
Regardless of whether Government can keep to the noble plans committed to by President Ramaphosa in his upbeat 2023 State of the Nations address, the farmers of the Free State will continue regardless to make plans to over-come challenges as…
Load shedding threatens up to 25% of SA’s staple food harvest
Given the impact of load shedding on agricultural activities, it is currently estimated that up to a quarter of South Africa’s staple food harvest, maize, is wilting on irrigated lands. According to Free State Agriculture’s Commercial Affairs Committee chairman, Kempen…
Unaffordable ESKOM tariff increase threatens food security
In the midst of highly unreliable service delivery, ESKOM is allowed to increase their rates by 18.65% from 1 April 2023 and a further 12.74% from next year! “This is highly unaffordable and amounts to daylight robbery” says Kempen Nel,…
ANC Remains Resolute on Expropriation of Land without Compensation
President Ramaphosa clearly stated as part of the January 8th statement celebrating the ANC’s 111 year birthday that “The ANC remains resolute in its commitment to equitable access to land to reverse apartheid disposition … The passage of the Expropriation…
Boerderygemeenskappe moet oplettend wees gedurende feestyd
Die feesseisoen is op hande en Vrystaat Landbou (VL) moedig boerderygemeenskappe aan om ekstra paraat en oplettend gedurende dié tydperk te wees. Dr Jane Buys, Veiligheidsrisiko-analis van VL, sê dat veral eiendomsverwante misdade soos inbrake gereeld in die feestyd voorkom.…
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2023 Young Farmer of the Year entry
Entries are open for Free State Agriculture’s 2023 Young Farmer of the Year competition. Candidates between the age of 18 and 40 can apply. We look at your management philosophy and the technical skill with which you carry it out…
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