Tag: cattle

It may be a weighty term, but artificial intelligence (AI) will play a significant role in the intensive beef cattle industry in future. This...

Livestock farmers don’t have the luxury of wasting time. Each farming activity is a piece in the production puzzle and must be planned in...

Dr Eddie Snyman is a retired veterinarian from Middelburg in the Eastern Cape. He has many years of experience in treating and preventing diseases...

As the reproduction rate of beef cattle in South Africa is generally low, helping animals produce according to their genetic potential requires careful planning and effective,...

The South African record price for embryos sold was shattered on 4 September 2019. Four embryos of the Ankole cattle breed were sold at...

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a non-communicable, insect-borne disease that is seasonally driven by heat, moisture and frost. Biting mosquitoes and midges transmit the virus to ruminants such...

During February, the fifth-year veterinary science students who are participating in the 2020 Feedlot Challenge visited Beefcor, a fully integrated beef company. As one...

The approach of winter means it is time to wean calves. Weaning, associated with significant stress for calves and their dams, can have a...

At first sight, Stefan and Francisca Gerber seem like an ordinary couple farming Merino and Dohne Merino sheep, Limousin cattle and wine grapes near...

Rangelands that produce edible grasses optimally and sustainably, are key to livestock farmers’ success. Correctly applied high density grazing makes it possible to reach...