Animals

In the second part of a two-part series on managing sheep nutrition, Dr Francois van de Vyver takes a closer look at various economically efficient methods of readying slaughter lambs for markets and feedlots.

This herb has a number of medicinal uses, from calming your horse (and yourself) to treating inflammation, says Kim Dyson.

For many years, aquaculture in South Africa has had to play second fiddle to the various departments of nature conservation. Now this has changed. Or has it?

I recently visited an agricultural show in the Western Cape, where all the horses and ponies gave their best performances, trying hard to please their owners.

Due to late rains that fell in many parts of the country infestations of roundworm and especially wireworm were widespread, leading to production losses and mortalities. Lambs were the most susceptible.

To secure the performance link in a family tree of racing pigeons, stay with the fruit and make progress from there, urges Thomas Smit.

This is one of the quickest ways to identify a horse. Just make sure you use transponders and readers that comply with international norms, warns Dr Mac.

Once a ewe’s maintenance nutrient requirements have been met, nutrients can be effectively channelled to achieve optimum production. Dr Francois van de Vyver looks at nutrient requirements during the crucial production stages of the breeding ewe.

When Krisjan Kruger returned to the family farm near Elliot in the Eastern Cape in 2004, Simbra cattle would become central to his operation. Mike Burgess recently visited him on his farm Oransay to see how his Beide Simbra Stud and cropping complement each other.

There is no cure for this disease, but it can be managed through diet and exercise, says Kim Dyson.

Purebred horses are by definition registered, says Dr Mac ‘Unregistered purebreds’ are a fiction.

The first person to successfully commercialise Merino farming in South Africa was Michiel van Breda. He started farming Merino in 1817 on the historical Zoetendals Vallei farm in the Overberg near Cape L’Agulhas.