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The Unemployment Insurance Act and the employer’s responsibilities

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Employers and employees contribute to the fund, and employees who become unemployed, or their beneficiaries where this may be the...

Spot the culprits to prevent sweating sickness

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Bont legged ticks are a familiar sight in South Africa, often leaving a trail of disease and complications in its...

Voorkom sweetsiekte deur deeglike bosluisinspeksies

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Bontpootbosluise kom redelik algemeen in Suid-Afrika voor en laat ’n dik spoor van siektes en probleme. Sweetsiekte is nie ’n baie...

Greater predator numbers, bigger problems

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Role-players in the livestock industry are concerned about the increase in large and foreign predators that have been killing off...

Groter getalle roofdiere knou produsente wyer

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Kommer bestaan oor die toename in groot en vreemde roofdiere wat die afgelope tyd onder veeprodusente se diere begin maai....

2024 Textile Exchange-kongres: ’n Saak van verandering

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Die vinnig-veranderende produksie- en verwerkingsomgewing, tesame met die implementering van nuwe regulasies in die tekstielbedryf, was die hooftema van Textile...

Doeltreffende wurmbeheer in skape

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Wurms is ’n beduidende bedreiging vir skape, wat doeltreffende beheermaatreëls vir kuddegesondheid en produktiwiteit noodsaaklik maak. Die warm en nat toestande...

Bly op die pad met die regte bande

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Vakansies is my gunsteling tyd van die jaar, want dit is wanneer familie op die plaas bymekaarkom en die huis...

Ewe synchronisation: Understand the breeding cycle

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Some breeders do not want to interfere with nature and prefer to leave a ram with the ewes so that...

Higiëniese ontwerp van suiwel-infrastruktuur

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Die mikpunt van die behoorlike, higiëniese ontwerp van suiweltoerusting en -infrastruktuur, was sy vertrekpunt, is die voorkoming van biologiese, chemiese...

Ontmoet die trailblazers: Die baanbrekerbul wat voor loop

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Die Engelse woordeboek omskryf ’n trailblazer soos volg: “The first person to do something or go somewhere, who shows that...

Coming to terms with crossbreeding

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Most commercial farmers know that mating cattle of different breeds results in increased performance in the crossbred calves relative to...

Unravelling the forage quality of pasture mixtures under grazing

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Plantain, if maintained at 60% in a pasture mixture, can improve forage quality and milk production. A kikuyu-ryegrass pasture see-saws dramatically...

Die voergehalte van aangeplante weidingmengsels

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Voergehalte en melkproduksie kan verbeter wanneer plantaan 60% van ’n weidingmengsel vorm. Die goeie nuus is dat data getoon het dat...

Korrekte bewyslewering is belangrik

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Tydens dissiplinêre verhore en arbitrasieverrigtinge is die werkgewer verantwoordelik om bewyse aan die voorsitter of kommissaris voor te lê om...

As die SAPD weier om klagtes te aanvaar en ondersoeke nie...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) word deur die Grondwet van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika getaak om misdaad te voorkom, bestry en...

The consequences of not reporting livestock theft

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes South Africa is unique in publishing official livestock theft statistics, including the number of animals stolen and recovered, as part...

Predation takes on new dimensions

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Jackals and caracals remain Karoo livestock producers’ greatest concern, with their numbers appearing to have increased since rain broke the...

Guard against eye diseases in livestock

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Hot, humid summer conditions in South Africa create an ideal environment for the spread of eye diseases in cattle and...

Soil and cattle health: Is there an association?

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Regenerative farming principles, such as minimizing soil disturbance, maximizing plant diversity, keeping soil covered, maintaining living roots, and integrating livestock,...

Beheer onkruid deur jou veld doeltreffend te bestuur

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Onkruidbeheer op natuurlike weiding is noodsaaklik omdat onkruid 'n direkte bedreiging vir landbou-ondernemings inhou en swak bestuur ernstige gevolge kan...

Wurms in skape: Ken die vyand

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Produsente moet nie die impak van wurms op ’n kudde onderskat nie. Voeding, genetika, wurmbeheermiddels en goeie bestuurspraktyke is sleutelareas om...

Effect of prolonged drought on livestock numbers in the Central Karoo

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes The recent drought in the Central Karoo started in the first half of 2015 and lasted until October 2021. Scientists...

Effek van die groot droogte op veegetalle in die Sentraal-Karoo

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Die afgelope droogte in die Sentraal-Karoo het in die eerste helfte van 2015 begin en tot Oktober 2021 geduur. Lees dit...

Die doel en beginsels van goeie wolklassering

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Die waarde van goeie wolklassering en die groot rol wat dit in ’n wolprodusent se boerdery speel, moet nooit onderskat...

Dorperboer maak dit twee in ’n ry

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Om twee jaar ná mekaar die beste karkas aan die haak te vertoon in ’n nasionale slaglamkompetisie, sit beslis nie...

Die wat en wanneer van produksielekke

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Produksielekke is daarop gemik om beter produksie na te streef vanuit bestaande omstandighede. Produksielekke bevat sowat 25% proteïen en 70% energie. Mouton...

Tips for making the best hay

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Making hay is expensive, which is why every producer should strive for high-quality hay. Unevenly fertilised hayfields impact yield and quality,...

Biltong dra Merinoboere deur die droogte

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Die nege-jaar-droogte in die Karoo het baie boere van hul plase gedryf, maar daar is ook diegene wat planne gemaak...

Silage crown finds a new home in Mpumalanga

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Technology, knowledgeable workers and high-yielding fields are the three top ingredients in the TW (Te Water) Group’s recipe for success. The...