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Indigenous breeds celebrated at ARC Farmers’ Day

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes More than 200 producers attended the Agricultural Research Council’s (ARC) Beef Cattle Farmers’ Day at the ARC-Animal Production Irene...

Simbra SA information days

Simbra SA recently held their very insightful information days at the Afridome in Parys. Plaas TV attended this event and spoke to a few...

Robert Mphuthi: Building a legacy, one cow at a time

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes • Robert Mphuthi farms on Quarrykop and is run under the umbrella of the Mphuthi Family Trust.• Within a...

Keep your calf crop healthy by banishing brucellosis

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes It is completely normal to have one or two animals that abort in a herd. However, when more than...

Nodular worm: One of the most damaging parasites in sheep

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The nodular worm (Oesophagostomum spp) (Afrikaans = knoppieswurm) is a parasitic roundworm. The adults occur in the caecum and...

Anaplasmosis: A tickborne disease to be reckoned with

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Anaplasmosis, or gallsickness, can wreak havoc in cattle herds. Despite the possible underreporting of gallsickness cases, the annual average...

Mineral supplementation for ruminants

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes This article provides a brief overview of a very important but complex subject. The aim is to give the...

Focus on hoof care (Part 5): Vertical fissures

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In last’s month’s article I focussed on horizontal fissures in dairy and beef cattle. There is a difference between...

Focus on hoof care (Part 4): Horizontal fissures

In the first three articles in this hoof care series, I discussed the role that management and the environment plays in claw problems, as well as...

An on-farm feedlot setup: The basics

A well-designed feedlot handling facility where animals can be safely kept and controlled, usually makes use of several different structures as well as equipment....