Growing tomatoes
Do your homework carefully to profit from this ever-popular crop.
Know your cattle: Red Poll
Combining good high milk production and tender beef, this is a true dual purpose breed.
Know your cattle: Pinzgauer
This dual purpose breed is renowned for its hardiness, fertility and longevity.
Lumps, hair loss and other skin problems in pigs
Skin diseases in pigs can be serious or even fatal. This week, we look at the causes of lumps, changes in skin colour, thickening of the skin, and hair loss.
Skin conditions in pigs and how to treat them
Some skin conditions in pigs can lead to loss of production or even death, and need rapid treatment.
Know your cattle: Nguni
This indigenous breed offers outstanding beef production under harsh African conditions
Treating heartwater
Heartwater can cause high fever, convulsions and death among sheep, goats and cattle.
Help ewes bond with lambs
Cut lamb mortality by allowing ewes and lambs to bond the natural way - by smell. Alan Harman reports.
Caring for your sunflower crop
This week, we look at fertilisation, weed control and harvesting
Know your cattle: Limousin
This rugged breed is easy to work with, has high weaning rates, and produces tender, tasty beef
Understanding percentages
As a farmer, you always need to work with figures and percentages are an important part of your calculations. The good news is that they're really quite easy to understand.
Know your cattle: Hugenoot
The Hugenoot combines the hardiness of the Afrikaner and good production of the Charolais.
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