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Okabra Brahman Stud: breeding for the future
...worst drought in 50 years. It’s not going well economically in the livestock industry. The meat price is stagnant and input costs are skyrocketing. Research shows that cattlemen have to...
Zim poultry production shows 1% decline in 2016
...that prospects were better for 2017. “We foresee a growth in that [maize] subsector because last year was a drought year and there were challenges with regard to high cost...
Red meat industry must control its own future
...had to stop being perceived as a commodity, and had to enter the export and premium markets. As a result of drought, foreign market opportunities had opened up for South...
Great returns with tobacco, the ideal cash crop
...drought. Peter is optimistic about this season, however, having already received approximately 250mm of rain since the beginning of the season. Tobacco thrives in environments where the difference between minimum...
Grain SA rejects land reform without compensation
...said that after the drought, the number of farms on the market had increased markedly. Despite this availability of ample land, government had elected to continue on the path of...
Soldier, sportsman and legendary farmer
...sheep here, but went for them because farmers in the Karoo did so well with wool in the 1950s,” he recalls. During the mid-1960s drought, Neville was employed at the...
Agbiz upbeat about SA agricultural sector
...general improvement was in line with the positive prospects for the 2016/2017 production season. Meanwhile, the decline in other sub-indices mirrored the aftermath of the 2015/2016 El Niño-induced drought, as...
R380m budgeted for disaster relief not used for drought
...account that more than 65% of South Africa’s population is urbanised and depend on commercial producers for food. The commercial producers are not assisted by government [during] drought,” Van Zyl...
Dam levels increase but some areas still dry
...would remain in place in Western Cape, which was experiencing its worst-ever drought. According to the department, the City of Cape Town had introduced Level 3B water restrictions to cope...
Good rain sees 72% jump in summer crop production forecast
The Crop Estimates Committee’s (CEC) first production forecast for the current season is 16,21 million tons. This is in contrast to the drought-stricken 2015/2016 summer crop harvest of only 9,4...
Uganda in need of food aid
...more than doubled from the 1,3 million cited by the ministry of agriculture in November. The drought had destroyed many crop harvests in region throughout the country. The FAO recently...
Young farmer cuts costs by focusing on Bonsmaras
...average calving rate was 75% to 80% before the drought. Since then, it has dropped to 60%. Cornel says, however, that this rate should be understood within the context of...
