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Buying a good ram
Fertile, good-quality sheep are key to better production, healthy lambs and high-quality meat. Since one ram mates with up to 40 ewes in a season, and its genetics make up half of the lamb flock, a good ram is very important. Buy the best ram you can afford, from a reputable breeder that you trust.
Preparing a vegetable plot
Preparing a vegetable plot can be hard work, but it's rewarding when you harvest your first crop.
How chickens can fertilise your crops
Chicken manure can add many nutrients to your soil, and works better than most other manures.
Wagyu Cattle: Producing Kobe beef at R1 500/kg
Brian Angus is the owner of the first and largest herd of Japanese Wagyu cattle in South Africa. He desired to introduce South African gourmets to locally-produced Wagyu beef.
Managing late-bred racing pigeons
It is important to take into account the weather conditions in your area when breeding, writes Thomas Smit
When to call the horse vet
It is important to know the basics when taking care of your horse, but in some cases you might do more harm than good. Kim Dyson explains when you can handle injuries and illness yourself, and when to call in professional help.
Double-crop your way forward
Local farmers would do well to emulate the UK's approach of double-cropping, ecologist Ben Breedlove tells Roelof Bezuidenhout. So, instead of just harvesting a planted crop, why not also slash inputs with beneficial insects, and lure hunters to harvest increased bird populations.
Time for us to take stock after pigeon racing season
At the end of the pigeon racing season, we need to analyse and build for the future, writes Thomas Smit.
Preparing for pigeon shows
The appearance of healthy prize-winning pigeons is linked to hygiene, writes Thomas Smit.
Heat stroke can kill
Unfit horses with long coats are more prone to heat stress, writes Dr Mac.
Transkei maize no easy task
In 2007 the Eastern Cape government established Asgisa Eastern Cape Pty Ltd to get rural development in the province off the ground. The main focus being large-scale maize production in the former Transkei. Now, after their first harvest, Mike Burgess asked Asgisa Eastern Cape CEO Simpiwe Somdyala how the project has fared, and discovers that it often tends to be a mixed bag of success.
Pigeons: advice on preventing disease
Maintaining strict hygiene is of primary importance in keeping racers free of infection, writes Thomas Smit.
Sowing & selling chillies
Considering a chili crop? Two of the biggest aspects to consider before buying your first chilli plants are sowing and selling.
Teaching a horse to lift a foot
Your horse should lift all four feet willingly when asked, writes Dr Mac.
A shelf for every purpose
Shelf Space has introduced the Opti Rack system for space saving and less clutter, writes Chris Nel.
Issue date : 10 July 2009
Issue date : 10 July 2009
Alberton’s Little Belgium
The racing pigeon as we know it was formed from a variety of fancy pigeons through the innovations of man. What Neil Armstrong did for lunar travel, the strain pioneers did for pigeon racing. Locally, the successes of Corrie Naudé and Chris Prinsloo in the 2008 season separated them from the flock and the mainstream champions.
Issue date : 10 July 2009
Issue date : 10 July 2009
Getting it right on the communes
Aging subsistence farmers in the Sterkspruit district are reluctant to farm commercially. They shared their reasons, including small herds and resistance to moving, with Dohne Agricultural Development Institute researcher Wiseman Goqwana. Roelof Bezuidenhout reports.
Issue date: 10 July 2009
Issue date: 10 July 2009
State pitches in on fires
Commercial farmers often complain the state doesn't do anything for them. But as Mike Burgess discovered, Zastron farmers are using a fully trained, government-funded Working on Fire fire fighting team - and all they had to do was ask.
Issue date : 10 July 2009
Issue date : 10 July 2009
Welkom Show 2009
The Welkom Show has rapidly gained prominence and this year drew 200 entrants from the best SA Saddle Horse establishments in the Free State, writes Louise de Wet.
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