Tag: veld management
Climate-smart livestock farming (Part 3): Radical veld improvement and recovery
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
The first article in this series explained the importance of a healthy water cycle in helping as much rainwater...
Grazing and veld management Part 3: Rangeland, pasture management and animal...
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
I was approached some years ago by farmers in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and Kenya who needed...
Grazing and veld management: Part 1 – Veld and cultivated pastures
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
The term ‘veld’ in Southern Africa denotes natural vegetation, utilised by livestock. In other parts of the world it...
Rotational grazing for animal productivity
The term ‘rotational grazing’ is very often misinterpreted and has become closely aligned with a very rigid system where decisions based on actual veld...