Tag: traceability
Tracking the future: Livestock industry unites
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
South Africa’s livestock industry is putting its technology where its mouth is by integrating livestock management with Red Meat Industry...
Pork 360: South Africa’s self-regulated assurance mark for sustainable pork
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
Pork 360 is South Africa’s self-regulatory assurance system: a commitment by the pork industry to hold itself accountable for producing...
Stray animals, traceability, biosecurity, and court cases
Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Stray animals have become a major problem in most provinces, threatening small and large stock producers' biosecurity status. Brent McNamara,...
NWGA discuss traceability in the red meat and wool industries
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
On Friday, 4 July the National Wool Growers’ Association (NWGA) hosted an interactive panel discussion at the Karoo Winter Wool...
Spotlight on LITS-SA: Where do we stand and how will it...
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
The recent and ongoing outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in various South African provinces has once again put the...
The ins and outs of processing feedlot cattle
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
During the feedlot challenge hosted by the Department of Animal Science at the University of Pretoria, BScAgric Animal Science...
Artificial intelligence: Paving the way for traceability
It may be a weighty term, but artificial intelligence (AI) will play a significant role in the intensive beef cattle industry in future. This...
Marking your livestock is worth your while
There are still cattle farmers who believe the marking of their livestock is a waste of time. The truth is that this small chore...
Anatomy of an auction
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
The livestock auction industry finds itself at a crossroads and is likely to see a few profound changes over the...
