My previous blog "Going organic is a dead-end street" received a lot of comments, mostly telling me that I didn’t know what I was talking about. However, the FAO backs my conclusion.

Early proponents claimed that automation would reduce manpower in the mill, and product consistency would improve. As our industry has aggressively adopted automation, I question the total value proposition.

How many times do we get convinced to put in something new? Only to end up with a really cool system that no one will use? So what led us to the conclusion that what we are currently doing is not good enough anymore?

In South Africa the animal feed industry has been accused of excessive profits they have realised over the last 12 months. One must admit that the trends in raw material prices resulting in good procurement positions more than ever have assiste...

Animal activists pose a clear danger to agriculture. Through terrorists acts, blackmail and propaganda they try to mislead the man in the street. Their needs are apparently different to mainstream consumers. Reasoning is almost impossible with ...

In my first blog for the New Year I will start with a topic which I think will be totally 2008! It has been buzzing around for years, but I feel that the coming year will be marked by real measures, transparency and agreements regarding…Sust...

So at the beginning of 2008 firstly, I want to wish everybody a fine, good, healthy and happy New Year. Trying to look ahead I questioned myself what will be the challenge for the Agri & Food Chains in 2008. That’s an easy one, I thought. I...

Do renewable fuels make our hamburger more expensive? Already since August 2006 public debate has intensified over the extent to which the expansion of the ethanol industry has resulted in higher agricultural commodity prices. Conventional wisd...