http://www.techways.co.za/blog Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:09:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Weekly Times, Victoria, 7 October 2009, p11 The Weekly Times reports that Chinese employers are paying 25 times less for workers ($A.0.56/hr) than Australian employers. Chile farmers pay their workers $A2.32/hr and South Africa workers are paid $A1.34/hr. Argentine growers pay their workers $A2.97/hr. Australian farmers pay a ... http://www.techways.co.za/blog/2009/10/19/china-workers-paid-25-times-less-than-our-own/ The following list of Insecticides, Pesticides and Herbicides will not be allowedto be sprayed on fruit or in orchards from where fruit will be delivered to Fruitways Alliance Packshed in 2009/2010. If you should have any queries re this list please contact Peter Dall (082 784 4326) or Tobie van Rooyen ... http://www.techways.co.za/blog/2009/08/24/18/ I understand that we must increase the Carbon of the Soils on my farm to above 3%. I find riding in Wood chips from more than 100km away to expensive, does any one have any other ideas of how I can get organic material incorporated into the soils, that is ... http://www.techways.co.za/blog/2009/08/05/soil-health/