Stock and game farming
Interest rate hike puts more strain on system
Beef player urges value chain to remain committed to producing affordable food to ensure business sustainability The SA Reserve Bank recently increased the country's interest rate by 50 basis points, bringing it to 8.25%, the highest level in 14 years. According to Roelie van Reenen, supply chain executive at[...]
Automated irrigation empowers African Farmers
by Tapuwa Mashangwa 60% of Africa is farmland. It represents a big stream of income for smallholder farmers and gross domes - tic product revenue for many African countries. In fact, agriculture contributes 23% to the continent's GDP. To ensure that the farmland is productive, dependence on rain for[...]
Wintering of ruminants: Feed wisely and farm efficiently
Winter is properly rearing its head with the first frost that had already occurred in places. The unpredictability of nature always presents challenges and can catch even experienced farmers unexpectedly. It is therefore of the utmost importance to not only rely on what the weather prophets say. Even if[...]
Manage your cattle’s grazing better for a higher production rate
by Louis de Jager, Kameelboom Akademie, Comprehensive practical farmer training Animal feed is expensive. Farmers always strive to keep their animals fed with natural grazing and only supplement the nutrients that the herd may lack, instead of always feeding every animal for long periods of time. This guide will[...]
Game ranching part 2: Placement of watering points
“With clever management a natural water source can be used sustainably throughout the year, depending on whether the number of game species is limited, and the drinking points are well distributed,” says Ken Coetzee of Conservation Management Services in George in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The[...]