Tag: feedlot

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Maintaining strict health standards at feedlots is vital in South Africa, particularly given the ongoing challenges facing the red meat...

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Implementing a comprehensive vaccination programme, rather than relying solely on biosecurity measures, can protect every feedlot. The foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) crisis...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Farmers and other role-players recently attended Octavoscene’s beef cattle and sheep information day at Boland Agricultural High School near Paarl...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes It has become more important than ever for red meat producers to raise lambs that not only benefit the producer...

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Acidosis can give rise to livestock mortalities and impair a ruminant’s production potential. Besides animal deaths, the condition can also lead...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes The effects of metabolic diseases can seriously damage the red meat industry. During quarantine periods all new animals are given a...

Estimated reading time: 1 minute Francois Smit is one of the producers who has been trying to convince feedlots that discriminating against Boran weaners is...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Respiratory diseases are undoubtedly the number one cause of disease and death in feedlots. Cattle are especially susceptible to pneumonia. Administering antibiotics...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Sheep feedlots represent a specialised and efficient system of raising weaner lambs for meat production in an intensive environment. Due...

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Steers can be finished in one of two ways, namely in an extensive system (veld or pasture) or in an...