By Amy Roady, Membership Committee Chair When I look back at my time in South Africa during the 2017 IFAJ Congress many things stand out. The scene I keep going back to is Kurt Lawton, editor of Corn and Soybean Digest, and I both standing in the middle of corn and soybean field outside … Read More
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Upcoming Events Around the IFAJ World
A few upcoming international tours of interest, gleaned from the recent IFAJ newsletter. By Kurt Lawton, AAEA International Committee Chair Switzerland – September 22-25 Food Security, Free Trade and Sustainability press tour in Lucerne, Switzerland, it will be held the same weekend as a Food Security referendum in Switzerland. The objective of the … Read More
IFAJ Insights: Beyond Borders
Big hearted, tough skinned farmers In South Africa, entrepreneurial go-getters thrive despite uncertain economic, political climate By Mike Wilson, AAEA Immediate Past President You think you have it tough running a farm business? Try doing it in South Africa, a country with 11 official languages, difficult weather, a polarizing political climate, and one … Read More
IFAJ Insights: Growing Grapes and People
By Gregg Hillyer, DTN/The Progressive Farmer It’s been 23 years since the end of apartheid, but fallout from racial segregation continues to cast its long shadow on many non-white South Africans. A lack of education, literacy and technical skills means low-paying jobs and a life of poverty. The owners of Mooigezicht Estates want to change … Read More
IFAJ Insights: Stay Vigilant in South Africa
By Greg Lamp, CHS Inc. A dangerous country, razor wire and electric fences surround farmsteads, hotels, businesses and often even homes. From one end of South Africa to the other, the landscape changes almost mile by mile and so does agriculture. From raising lions and other exotic game animals for hunting expeditions in the … Read More
IFAJ Insights: Seven things I Never Knew About South Africa
By Lilian Schaer, Agri-Food Project Services Ltd. This is one of my favourite shots from a morning game drive in Kruger National Park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves at approximately 4.8 million acres and home to the Big Five: lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants and buffalos. Lady Luck smiled on me this spring – twice, in fact. Not … Read More
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