Determining and battling acaricide resistance
While finding active ticks on your cattle after dipping may indicate a pest species with pesticide tolerance, this is not always the case.
10 tips on how to safely move livestock
Steytlerville livestock farmer and Farmer’s Weekly contributor Roelof Bezuidenhout says, “The better you handle your animals, the more money they’ll earn for you.”
Bringing your veld back to life after drought
Use your drought experience to evaluate your veld management and make necessary improvements to meet the next drought, says Roelof Bezuidenhout.
What will happen after the rain?
Before the grazing ecosystem can function properly once again, the adverse and debilitating effects of the drought on veld vigour have to be overcome, says Roelof Bezuidenhout.
Silage basics
Utilising silage pays for feedlotters and dairy farmers, but the process has to be managed well, says Gerhard Uys.
Efficient feeding during drought
Precision feeding can take the sting out of a drought, according to Dr Chris Landman, a feed specialist and consultant. Roelof Bezuidenhout reports.
Dehorning beef cattle – how you can benefit
This practice has many advantages – reducing injuries is just one of them.
Backgrounding cattle
‘Backgrounding’ is grazing an animal on pasture or in a veld camp and feeding it a supplement in preparation for more intensive feeding in a feedlot.
Using draft animals to plough the fields
Animal draft power still has an important role to play in agricultural development, says Bruce Joubert.
Protect your cattle against brucellosis
All involved with cattle farming and milk processing must work together to control and eradicate this disease.
Advice on how to mark your livestock
Marking your livestock proves ownership, and it's part of the record keeping that's essential if your farming enterprise is to survive and do well.
Get the best value from your abattoir
A misunderstanding about how prices are determined can leave a farmer seething at the abattoir. Here are some guidelines from Estelle van Reenen of Sparta Beef in Welkom, where 700...
Safe slaughtering
The formal red meat sector is structured and organised in such a manner that the consumer is guaranteed a good product.
What is lumpy-skin disease?
Lumpy-skin disease (LSD) is a viral disease of cattle typically characterised by nodules or lumps on the skin.
Dealing with diseases in goats
As livestock farming becomes more intensive, greater health problems will inevitably occur, increasing animal health costs on farms, warns Johan Steyn from Boer Goats SA.
The basics of Johne’s disease
Also called paratuberculosis, this is a contagious, chronic and sometimes fatal infection that affects cattle, sheep, goats and certain game species.
Managing the kidding process
Knowing how to handle a kidding doe and new kids can put a young goat on its way to a productive life, says Johan Steyn from Boer Goats SA.
Rabies: a potential killer
Rightly feared worldwide, rabies is spread from animals to humans and is invariably fatal. If exposure is suspected, a vaccine should always be administered.
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