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Veld fires put livestock farmers in crisis
...time before the funds were paid out. “Farmers don’t necessarily have the capital to buy fodder at the moment. Prices are also very high due to the ongoing drought and...
Why choose mutton and lamb?
...a quality protein source. Because sheep are such versatile feed converters, they’re hardy and less susceptible to drought. In addition, sheep’s relatively short production cycle mean that a flock’s numbers...
SA commercial farmers key to Africa’s food security
...country. It is also not expected to contribute much to regional population growth. Although it has been particularly badly affected by the 2015/2016 drought, South Africa remains the largest net...
Precision farming, new technology and an eye for opportunity
...the under-development of roots, especially in drought. This means roots cannot utilise water or fertiliser. Producers often only correct for acidity. But if soil is treated with too much lime,...
9 lessons we can learn from the drought
...into drought and heat-tolerance, and taught us that we must not wait for a severe drought before intensifying our research on mitigating the risks of climate change. The poor pollination...
Why climate change is a threat to livestock production
...more frequent incidences of extreme weather such as floods and droughts. Animal nutrition Forecasters have predicted that climate change will have a major impact on the quality and quantity of...
Gallery: Good rainfall brings hope for farmers
...Grazing in the Free State, Northern Cape and North West was all but wiped out by the drought. Since the rains started in January the veld has been transformed into...
Outbreak of fall armyworm threatens Zimbabwean maize harvest
...result of the armyworm invasion is currently underway. Farmers had hoped that the good rain across the country would result in a bumper harvest after three successive seasons of drought,...
A guide to trademarks, patents and plant breeders’ rights
...new variety that complies with the different characteristics that were identified in the application, and not simply an outlier due to something like a drought or climate,” Cochrane explains. Most...
Possible inflation relief for lower-income groups in 2017
John Loos, household and property and sector strategist at FNB, said that the recent drought had had a severe impact on agricultural production, hitting employment in the sector and pushing...
Free State farmers still affected by drought conditions
...the grip of the drought. Drought-stricken livestock producers will still have to feed livestock since it would take between three and five years for grazing to recover. Free State Agriculture...
High yields expected in summer grain production region
...a high yield potential. Maize in Mpumalanga that had started to show drought stress because of a lack of rain in December, had improved markedly since the first rains occurred...
