Improving beef yield through crossbreeding
Like too many other black farmers in South Africa, David Rakgase of Rakgase Farms in Northam, Limpopo, has spent decades being refused the right to...
Category : livestock
Nguni bull sells for record R310 000 on WhatsApp auction
The livestock auction industry in South Africa has suffered major setbacks during the past six months. First, a ban on auctions was imposed due to...
An animal health plan for the year from Dr Faffa Malan
Maintaining herd health is crucial to ensuring a profitable livestock business with high weaning rates. This involves adhering to a vaccination schedule and a quarantine...
Two young cattle farmers bring auctions to communal areas
Business partners Soyama Mthongana and Athenkosi Denga, both 26, started farming in Peddie in the Eastern Cape in 2011, but only formalised their business, Lizwe...
Foot and Mouth Disease Restrictions lifted
Namibian Agriculture Ministry has announced that it has lifted restrictions that halted the trade and movement of cattle from Kabbe North Constituency in the northeast...