Tag: cattle
The LRF is searching for the 2024 Stud Producer of the...
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The Livestock Registering Federation (LRF) is once again inviting entries for its Veeplaas/Breedplan Stud Producer of the Year competition...
Cattle breeding is like a three-legged pot: Keeping it all together
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The primary focus at Kermar Brangus is to get a calf on the ground in one breeding season from...
SAFJA announces expansion of heifer competition
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The South African Fatstock Judging Association (SAFJA) plans to increase its efforts to help South African producers breed more...
Buying a better bull
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Buying a bull is one of the riskiest decisions a commercial cattle operation can make.
All the different breeds and...
Bumbi Mahlangu: A farmer with a vision
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The 68-year-old Bumbi Mahlangu has proven that if you want to be a producer it is never too late,...
72nd Komga show: A symbol of hope for the future
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Visitors flocked from all over to this year’s Komga Agricultural Show held from 5 to 7 October where PJ...
Indigenous breeds celebrated at ARC Farmers’ Day
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More than 200 producers attended the Agricultural Research Council’s (ARC) Beef Cattle Farmers’ Day at the ARC-Animal Production Irene...
Robert Mphuthi: Building a legacy, one cow at a time
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• 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
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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
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The nodular worm (Oesophagostomum spp) (Afrikaans = knoppieswurm) is a parasitic roundworm. The adults occur in the caecum and...
