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  • Chapters
    • Introduction
      • Agriculture in the Provinces
      • Labour and agriculture
      • Organised Agriculture
    • Livestock
      • Animal improvement and breeders
      • Animal husbandry
      • Aquaculture
      • Beef Cattle Farming
      • Beekeeping
      • Dairy cattle farming
      • Dairy (goats and sheep)
      • Donkeys
      • Gamebirds and other poultry
      • Horses – the equine industry
      • Indigenous and locally developed breeds
      • Meat goats
      • Mohair (goats)
      • Mutton and lamb (sheep)
      • Ostriches
      • Pork and Pig Farming
      • Rabbits
      • Poultry and Chicken Farming
      • Speciality fibre production
      • Wildlife ranching
      • Wool (sheep)
    • Services and Technologies
      • Agricultural media & ICT
      • Aquaponics
      • Biotechnology and plant breeding
      • Conservation Agriculture
      • Consultants
      • Digital Agriculture
      • Drones
      • Fertigation
      • Food safety and traceability
      • Hydroponics and undercover growing
      • Laboratories and Agriculture
      • Legal aid and legislation
      • Mapping
      • Organic and sustainable farming
      • Permaculture
      • Precision farming
      • Precision livestock farming (PLF)
      • Research and development
    • Marketing & Finance
      • Agribusiness
      • Agricultural shows and events
      • Co-operatives
      • Commodity trading
      • Exporting
      • Finance for new farmers and SMMEs
      • Fresh Produce Markets
      • Livestock auctions
      • Marketing
      • Providers of financial services
      • Risk management and insurance
      • Supply Chain Management
    • Adding Value
      • Abattoirs and the meat industry
      • Agro-processing
      • Baking
      • Canning and preserving
      • Dairy processing
      • Dried fruit
      • Essential oils
      • Fruit and vegetable juices
      • Hides, skins and leather
      • Hunting
      • Milling
      • Small and micro milling
      • Tourism and agriculture
      • Wood, pulp and paper
    • Natural Resource Management
      • Biodiversity and ecosystems services
      • Birds and farming
      • Conservancies and farming
      • Environmental legislation
      • Fire management
      • Invasive alien species (IAS)
      • LandCare
      • Rangeland (veld)
      • Soils
      • Waste management
      • Weather and climate
      • Wetlands
      • Wildlife on farms
    • Farming Inputs
      • Animal feeds
      • Animal health
      • Biocontrol
      • Chemicals in agriculture
      • Compost and organic fertiliser
      • Crop protection
      • Earthworms and vermicompost
      • Fertiliser
      • Fuels and lubricants
      • Seeds and seedlings
      • Speciality fertilisers
    • Forestry and Industrial Crops
      • Bamboo Farming
      • Cannabis
      • Cassava
      • Chicory
      • Coffee
      • Cotton
      • Fibre crops
      • Forestry
      • Herbs and spices
      • Honeybush
      • Indigenous medicinal plants
      • Moringa
      • Rooibos (redbush)
      • Sugarcane
      • Tobacco
      • Wine and wine grapes
    • Horticulture
      • Berries and exotic fruit
      • Citrus Fruit
      • Cut flowers
      • Deciduous fruit
      • Floriculture and nursery crops
      • Fruit – general fruit chapter
      • Indigenous food crops
      • Macadamia nuts
      • Mushrooms and truffles
      • Olives
      • Subtropical fruit
      • Table grapes
      • Tree nuts
      • Vegetables
    • Agronomy
      • Barley
      • Canola (rapeseed)
      • Dry beans
      • Fodder crops
      • Groundnuts (peanuts)
      • Maize (corn)
      • Potatoes
      • Sorghum
      • Soybeans
      • Sunflower
      • Wheat
    • Mechanisation
      • Animal traction: the use of draught animal power
      • Forklifts, loaders and light industrial machines
      • Implements
      • Pumps and generators
      • Spare parts and fleet maintenance
      • Tractors, combines and balers
      • Trailers
      • Trucks and heavy machinery
      • Tyres
      • Vehicles – other
    • Farm Infrastructure
      • Boreholes and windmills
      • Building supplies and structures
      • Fencing
      • General farm equipment
      • Grain storage and handling
      • Irrigation
      • Natural building
      • Packaging and handling systems
      • Rainwater harvesting
      • Water storage
    • Issues Here and Beyond Our Borders
      • AgriBEE
      • Biosecurity
      • Climate change and global warming
      • Emerging farmer support
      • Energy
      • Fisheries and the ocean economy
      • Food security
      • Renewable and alternative energy
      • Rural Crime and Farm Safety
      • HIV and AIDS
      • Water
    • Education, Training and Careers
      • Agricultural education and training
      • Careers and employment in agriculture (Part 1)
      • Careers and employment in agriculture (Part 2)
      • Careers and employment in agriculture (Part 3)
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