Pork producers can look forward to even greater production efficiency, thanks to improved genetics. Jurgens Reynders of DanBred Africa spoke to Glenneis Kriel about...

 Thursday morning cup of hot tea here as I listen to thunder rumble in the distance. Rain is forecasted for the next 2 days so I will put the garden away and concentrate on some housework and cooking. Thought I would share some more pictures of the gardens. The gooseberries above are swelling now and all the 8 bushes have berries on them now. Yesterday I got all my broccoli and cabbage plants in the boxes. They were the perfect size and ready for their permanent homes in the garden. Planting them right before rain will allow them to acclimate for the next two raiy days and not even wilt. Also got some romaine plants in...

Carroll Smith,Editor When I was about eight years old, my dad would take me to the farm on Sunday afternoons to see how the cotton crop looked. He usually switched up which horse he would ride, but I always rode my trusty Quarter Horse Mr. Lawman. The man we bought him from had already named him, so we didn’t see any reason to change it since that was the name he was used to. Even as a child, I remember being amazed that Dad would get back in the saddle after his favorite horse was accidentally shot out from under him while hunting in Tensas Parish as a teenager. But, he did. There was work to do,...