Tag: stockfarm

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Every cattle producer depends on healthy calves to ensure profitability. Hands-onmanagement of calves’ health, from birth to weaning, is therefore...

Across South Africa’s rangelands, a quiet shift is taking place. It is visible only to those who know how to read the landscape: cattle...

A milking parlour and a beef cattle herd exclusively aimed at profitability, sustainability, and safekeeping for future generations – this requires some ingenuity. At...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Hierdie artikel is ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans in Veeplaas. A growing number of court cases concern the rights of occupiers...

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: 4 minutes Feed prices are often linked to maize prices, which feedlots have no control over. Some 75% of the beef produced in...

In the March 2026 edition of Stockfarm, factors influencing weaner calf prices are placed under the spotlight. We also examine the importance of maintaining...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes According to Dr Reynolds, sheep vaccination programmes target mostly clostridial diseases. The roll-out of a sheep vaccination programme is straightforward,...

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes It is always prudent to ensure that your affairs are in order ahead of filing your tax returns later in...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes An eviction order may only be granted if the owner or person in charge, or the occupier, has first attempted...