Tag: cattle farming
Rotational grazing for animal productivity
The term ‘rotational grazing’ is very often misinterpreted and has become closely aligned with a very rigid system where decisions based on actual veld...
Piet Mothepu: Creating a legacy as a cattle farmer
Piet Mothepu and his wife, Maria, have been farming on Kirkdale in the Koppies area of the Free State for three years.
“I am renting...
Sarah Green: A young female farmer’s view on livestock farming
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
After qualifying as an occupational therapist at the University of Pretoria and practicing in Johannesburg for six years, 29-year-old Sarah...
Keep lameness at bay with well cared for hooves
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
Lameness in beef cattle can have serious economic consequences for producers. Lameness has several causes, which is why identifying the...
Anaplasmosis: A manageable problem
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
South Africa experienced a particularly hot summer this
year, with many parts of the country also having received good rain by...
Diversification sees marginal farmland thriving
A diversified farming operation has increased its yield per hectare and reduced its risk, despite the land once being written off by agricultural consultants...
