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Tuli stud cattle flourish in Karoo small-stock environment
...210kg. Built for extremes According to Raath, the Tuli also has inherent characteristics to help it cope better in drought conditions or extreme heat. Research has shown the correlation between...
Boost your farm’s sustainability with the right crop rotation
...500kg/ ha on the farm during the 2003 drought, but averaged around 2,1t/ ha during the 2015 drought and 2,4t/ha during the 2017 drought, described by many as one of...
Drought claims more than 10 000 cattle in Zimbabwe
About 10 500 head of cattle have died due to a lack of pasture and drinking water in three southern provinces of Zimbabwe, as the worst drought in recent years...
To feed the world, we have to protect the pollinators
...long distances, pose a special threat. Climate change also has a negative impact: higher temperatures, droughts, floods and other extreme climate events, as well as changes in flowering times, hinder...
Feeding cattle during and after a drought
A drought does not change how much feed a cow requires to produce a calf, says Johan Mouton, manager of research and development for ruminants at RCL Foods. “You, as...
Cash-strapped consumers ditch luxuries
...revenue growth, due to increased grape and wine prices being passed through to the consumer as a result of the impact of the wide-spread drought on the 2018 and 2019...
Agri and land reform not immune to tightening of fiscal belt
...Poor governance worsens drought However, given the medium-term budget priorities announced by Mboweni, if government does, in fact, plan to accelerate the rate of land reform and transformation in the...
Poor governance worsens drought
...equipped to plug a few potholes, never mind respond to large-scale disasters such as regional droughts. READ Water problems: why SA’s farmers face multiple risks According to the report, around...
No need to panic about water shortages, yet – Sisulu
...organisations told Farmer’s Weekly that farmers in many parts of the country were struggling with the physical, financial and emotional impact of severe drought conditions. “The situation in provinces such...
Strong support for drought care boxes for farmers’ wives
...date meant the project could also be expanded to North West and other drought-stricken regions of South Africa. READ Northern Cape welcomes R30 million in drought aid “At first we...
The future of Boer goats in South Africa
...I’m leasing land, which is an added expense. From time to time, the poor condition of the grazing, along with drought, has been a problem. Stock theft is also a...
Lower dam levels not yet cause for concern – economists
...crops that could not receive sufficient irrigation would suffer damage. “The dry conditions are also very negative in terms of drought damage to dryland winter crops, especially wheat in the...
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