Die Red Meat Voice-studie is Suid-Afrika se eerste onafhanklike poging om vas te
vang wat produsente, voerkrale, abattoirs, veeartse en veilingshuise regtig dink.
In ’n tyd van onsekerheid en debat, word data die anker vir aksie.
Jou stem help om die volgende hoofstuk van ’n sterker, meer verenigde
rooivleisbedryf te skryf. Voltooi nou die vraelys.
FARMhere Edition 59 – Full of interesting facts and tips
DIE SERNICK GROEP soos dit vandag bekend is, is gebore uit ’n jong Nick Serfontein se droom om ’n boer te word. Sy ouers het hom aangeraai om ’n ander loopbaan te kies, wat hy gedoen het, maar sy droom om te boer was ’n roeping wat hy net nie kon stilmaak nie.
Grasslands provide critical resources for both humans and animals
— but the climate crisis is drying them out. In the Chyulu Hills, Kenya,
grassland restoration increases the availability of water and grazing
resources, lowering conflicts between humans and wildlife as well as
conflict in the local community.
When dairy cows approach the end of pregnancy (the “dry
period”), their nutritional needs shift drastically. One management
challenge commonly faced by farmers is preventing milk fever
(clinical hypocalcemia) a condition caused by low blood calcium
levels around calving.
When dairy cows approach the end of pregnancy (the “dry
period”), their nutritional needs shift drastically. One management
challenge commonly faced by farmers is preventing milk fever
(clinical hypocalcemia) a condition caused by low blood calcium
levels around calving.
FARMhere Edition 56 Contents: 6 – The high calcium dilemma in dry cows 13 – Dam Levels 15 – Open Heifers Explained: What You Need
This article explores the consequences of
FMD, the challenges of biosecurity beyond
government control, the economic toll on farmers,
considerations of relocating to Namibia, reasons
for biosecurity failures, and the future of feedlots
and cattle farming in rural South Africa.
In die hart van die Kalahari, tussen die dorpe Kuruman en Kathu
in die Noord-Kaap, lê ‘n plaas wat meer is as net ‘n stuk grond – dit is ‘n simbool van trots, toewyding en nalatenskap. Freddie
Markram, ‘n 39-jarige boer, eggenoot en pa van vier, leef en boer
met ‘n doel: om sy familie se landbou-erfenis voort te sit en te
versterk. Met ‘n passie vir Charolais-beeste en ‘n diep liefde vir
die land, het Freddie homself gevestig as ‘n toonaangewende teler
en voorstander van uitnemendheid in die bedryf.
Tuli-teler Ben Raath glo sy inheemse beeste hou goed stand teen
top voerkrale rasse wat winsgewendheid per hektaar betref.
Sabrina Dean het sy plaas naby Britstown besoek om meer te
wete te kom oor die kommersiële potensiaal van die beeste, veral
met die verslegtende klimaatverandering. – Tulis Donkerhoek
