Tag: grazing

The December 2025 edition of Stockfarm shines the spotlight on the resilience and adaptability shaping South Africa’s red meat industry. Experts from the University...

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes One of the most common misconceptions among grazing managers is that allowing animals to graze grass regrowth is harmful. Linked to...

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Hennie and Liza-Mari Jonker manage a highly productive 6,6ha farm outside Kroonstad. Keen to expand, Liza-Mari established a laying-hen unit with...

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes From red meat value chain risks, an integrated farming operation to regrowth grazing and pesky ticks – the latest edition...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes It is important that livestock producers plan thoroughly for periods when the waning quality of natural pastures can negatively impact...

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Exsteen Ngunis near Piketberg was named the Agricultural Research Council’s (ARC) 2024 National Beef Cattle Improvement Herd of the Year....

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Kraal manure is an affordable fertiliser that can be used to improve veld productivity. It can assist in building the nutrient...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Grouping animals into different physiological stages for the lambing season is a cost-saving exercise The process of lambing makes ewes more...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Plantain, if maintained at 60% in a pasture mixture, can improve forage quality and milk production. A kikuyu-ryegrass pasture see-saws dramatically...

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes The first prickly pears arrived in South Africa shortly after Jan van Riebeeck’s tenure in the Cape, but it was...