Tag: feedlot

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Recently, over 450 people attended the 2024 Octavoscene Feedlot Day at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. The event’s topics...

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

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

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Carcass quality affects the eventual meat quality and therefore has a substantial impact on consumer acceptability of the final product. From...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Management is imperative in any enterprise, including the feedlot industry. With a small profit margin, it is important to...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Since the UP-Agric Feedlot Challenge kicked off on 5 July 2022, sleeping in has become a thing of the...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Since 2020, the Department of Animal Science at the University of Pretoria has been offering BScAgric Animal Science students...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The harvest period for cattle producers has finally arrived with weaning that generally takes place from April to June...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes “We are a feedlot. This means that feeding animals is our core function. We strive to do it to...

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....