A brief overview of the basic steps that you should take to protect your crops.

How to build, manage and maintain your own affordable household egg production unit.

Controlling the spread of diseases to humans is generally easy, as most of the measures are grounded in common sense, writes Paul Donovan.

Rounding off lambs under intensive conditions requires sound management, especially of aspects such as disease prevention and housing.

Bill Kerr explains how and when to harvest this crop, how to cure the onions, and how to pack them.

When mutton prices are high or grazing is scarce, this practice can be extremely profitable.

Bill Kerr shows us how to take a crop through to maturity.

‘Leaf miner’ is a generic name used to describe the larvae of a number of insect species such as moths, sawflies, flies, beetles and some wasps.

This week Bill Kerr discusses how to prepare the soil and plant the crop.

This parasitic disease, caused by the tapeworm E. granulosus, affects cattle, sheep, goats and even humans.

Roelof Bezuidenhout recommends this remedy to boost your sheep’s condition.

Onions are either an easy crop to grow or a disaster. Bill Kerr offers basic guidelines for success.

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