Pigeon racing back in the day
When I first took an interest in pigeon racing in 1968, the number of wealthy pigeon fanciers on South African soil could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Wildlife’s healthy tick burdens
Parasites play an important part in natural ecosystems, and wildlife can bear their tick burdens and still stay healthy - if humans stop interfering. So says Professor Ivan Horak (left)...
Goat’s milk – tapping into global health demands
Powdered goat's milk is one of the world's biggest agricultural value-adding businesses because it is more digestible than cow's milk. Now former Zimbabwean farmer Jean Vos and his brother-in-law François...
Mystery of missing birds
Never before in the history of South African pigeon racing have as many birds been lost in training as now. Since May this year, large numbers of racing pigeons have...
Stress in endurance rides
Competitive long-distanc e riding tests the stamina of both horse and rider.
The Bradburys’ racing methods
Last week I wrote about the champion stock of Bradbury Lofts, and this week's article focuses on their racing methods.
HUNTING is not the culprit
Ron Thomson has written a refreshing and hard-hitting book to remind hunters, game ranchers and ordinary nature lovers where they fit into the bigger conservation picture. Roelof Bezuidenhout reviews a...
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...
Aromatherapy for horses
Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils to improve the emotional, and in turn the physical wellness of the animal being treated.
