Sericea or crown vetch?
Decide for yourself which of these two robust legumes will be best suited to your situation.
Crown vetch – amazing persistence
Crown vetch is a robust legume suitable for many regions in South Africa.
Grazing and burning to maintain biodiversity
In this second part of our series on managing grasslands for biodiversity, grassland ecologist Dr Richard Lechmere-Oertel discusses guidelines and treatments for various systems.
Quagga rebreeding: a success story
Until recently, it was believed that the last quagga died in Amsterdam Zoo in 1883. Today, however, this iconic animal is alive and back in the Western Cape. How was it possible to revive an animal from extinction? Keri Harvey speaks to the Quagga Project’s Craig Lardner.
Sericea lespedeza: A 30 year learning curve
Lessons learnt from cultivating Sericea lespedeza.
Managing grasslands for biodiversity
In the first part of our series on grassland management, grassland ecologist Dr Richard Lechmere-Oertel explains that understanding how grasslands respond to burning and grazing is crucial to maintaining biodiversity and sustaining animal production.
Great Karoo grazing solutions
Desperate times call for desperate and often innovative measures that can be of lasting benefit.
Overgrazed and understocked
How to reverse desertification and boost profits.
Invest in grass for better beef
There’s a bright future for beef produced from grass, but we need smarter veld management.
Managing your veld optimally
There’s no single recipe for improving veld productivity. Rather, constant refining is needed.
Managing cheetah: a co-ordinated approach
Cheetah on commercial farmland have value as part of a
free-roaming population and should not be removed or relocated.
Roelof Bezuidenhout talks to Vincent van der Merwe of the EWT.
The Savory system – even in the Karoo
Allan Savory’s approach to veld management is reversing desertification around the world.
