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How to prepare for an El Niño drought: Expert tips
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
As South Africa braces for the potential return of El Niño, producers across the country need to be prepared...
Drought management skills a must for SA producers
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A stakeholder engagement workshop was recently conducted by AgriSETA and Stellenbosch University (SU) to share their findings on their...
Droughtmaster now officially a registered SA breed
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Droughtmaster breeders have finally obtained their status as a recognised and registered breed in South Africa which has been...
The impact of agricultural drought on smallholder livestock farmers
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
Climate change has a significant impact on global food production and food safety.Agricultural drought has a significant impact on...
Climate-smart livestock farming (part 5): Mitigate the effects of drought
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
Drought is a recurring phenomenon in the arid and semi-arid regions of Southern Africa. In fact, there is 100%...
Drought lessons from the Kalahari
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
In one of Adam Tas’s poems, he describes a farmer as a man who does not waver when droughts...
Silage production can be a lifeline during a drought
Silage production has been around for at least 3 000 years
and is used as a natural source of forage for both sheep and cattle....
Prickly pears – a buffer against drought
“I have been farming in the Roggeveld for 30 years now. In this time we have experienced an annual seasonal drought which, in some...
Prickly pears as a grazing crop
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
The first prickly pears arrived in South Africa shortly after Jan van Riebeeck’s tenure in the Cape, but it was...
Samic-karkaskompetisie 2024: Wenkarkas raak-raak aan 100%
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Die beste vleiskarkasse in die land het weer erkenning geniet tydens die Suid-Afrikaanse Vleisbedryfsmaatskappy (Samic) se 27ste nasionale karkaskompetisie wat...
