Heuningkrans Stud: a South African legacy
In only 32 years Smithfield Merino farmer Eddie Prinsloo has increased the ewe crop on Heuningkrans Stud from 500 to about 2 000, and in February this year at its...
Activists call for ban on pasture grasses
'Sansor notes that neither kikuyu nor rye grass could pose a threat [to biodiversity].
Weaner input costs override profits
It will cost a Limpopo cattle farmer about R12,75/kg to produce a weaner, which will be sold for about R12/kg on average.
Organically overboard
In 2003 Reuter Sorour and Andrew Tilsley, joined later by neighbour Alec Botha, began producing organic-in-conversion milk for Woolworths via their national organic centre for milk production near Bloemfontein, Homsek...
Tri-national pride in Angus gene pool
South African cattle breeder Nico Olivier has negotiated semen and embryo exchange with top studs in Paraguay and Brazil. Animals from Nico's Angus Africa stud are winning championships and strengthening...
KZN dip tank project revived
MEC for Agriculture and Environmental Affairs in KZN, Mtholephi Mthimkhulu, has committed R100 million to the rehabilitation of dilapidated livestock dip tanks and the formation of livestock associations in the...
Low-stress livestock handling the Texas way
Texas is widely known as some of the best cattle country in the world. It evokes images of whooping and hollering cowboys on horseback herding vast herds of Longhorn cattle...
Hunters welcome lion rules, but…
The hunting community has been divided since minister of environmental affairs and tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk outlawed the hunting of captive-bred large predators earlier this year. Issue date 15 June...
Italian beef breed shines at Nampo
One of the highlights of the 2007 Nampo livestock section was the Romagnola, an Italian beef cattle breed, which made its debut at this prestigious agricultural show.
Cool it – dealing with heat stress in dairy cows
Dr Jan du Preez, managing director of the Institute for Dairy Technology at the Milk Producers' Organisation and Michael Hutjens from the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of...
Ngunis return to their Eastern Cape roots
The University of Fort Hare's Nguni Cattle Project, launched in 2003, is successfully managing the resurgence of the Nguni cattle breed in its traditional home of the former Ciskei and...
Livestock marking kicks off in Lesotho
The concept has already been years in the making, and finally Lesotho has begun implementing a countrywide livestock-marking programme to combat stock theft. South Africa is providing expertise and will...
Five myths in breeding
Retired after many years at the University of the Free State's animal science department, Prof Gert Erasmus talks to Roelof Bezuidenhout about five myths in breeding and explains why there's...
Freeze, you’re branded
Freeze branding is not a new concept to South African agriculture, yet it is only in recent years that it has gained in popularity among dairy farmers to facilitate easier...
The truth about bypass protein
The long-awaited results of a study into the economics of strategic protein supplementation of late pregnant and lactating sheep and Angora goats have been released by agricultural researcher Jan Hoon...
The Western Sanga- the future breed for North West
Despite farming in marginal areas suited for cattle breeds that can withstand harsh conditions, some North West farmers still believe bigger is better. They farm with large-framed animals that force...
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