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Hoof care: Determining the origin of claw problems
Long and overgrown claws can easily reflect on the animal’s owner or the environment in which it is kept, and not as much on the animal itself.
Nuutste uitbraak van Locustana pardalina-pes dreig dele van NK
Vooruitsigte van ‘n nuwe sprinkaan-plaag hang soos ‘n donkerwolk oor dele van die Noord-Kaap. Dit volg na die onlangse goeie reën wat groot dele van Suid-Afrika ontvang het oor die laaste ruk. Die departement van landbou het bevestig dat hulle nuwe uitbrake probeer verhoed in dele van die Noord-Kaap onder andere in Upington en Griekwastad.…
The Northern Cape Table Grapes continue to impress with growth
The South African Table Grape Industry has released the first estimates for 2019/20, and the Northern Cape is impressed with its continual growth.
Exclusivity for Karoo Lamb and the farmers behind the sheep
The Karoo Lamb now has its own set of rules which will protect its value and reputation. The Karoo is to nominate its own auditors.
Drought management for feeding your cattle
Whether or not the weather plays along, cattle have got to eat, and eat well enough in order to continue producing healthy calves.
How important our farmers really are:
Farmers are one of the key pillars of our food supply chains, and in the grand scheme of things, part of the web of aspects we rely on in order to survive. We tend to forget that we live in a society of convenience, not having to physically plough and harvest our food but rather hop into our cars to head down the road in order to fetch a prepacked meal to cook without needing to give it a second thought.
Suid-Afrika se sitrusbedryf kry ‘n kans om te skyn
Suid-Afrika en Spanje het onlangs hande gevat om die sitrusbedryf te verbeter. Die twee lande het die Wêreld-sitrusorganisasie(WSO) gestig om ‘n platform te skep waar belangrike gesprekke kan plaasvind, vrae beantwoord kan word, innovering te bevorder en die sitrusgebruik wêreldwyd te verhoog. Die doelwit van die organisasie is om vir plaaslike boere die geleentheid te gee om in te breek in die internasionale bedryf.
Stabilizing the pasture grazing habits in the Northern Cape
South Africa is currently going through a really dry period, and in order to conserve the farm land a few suggestions for stabilizing the grazing habits of the farmers herds have been made.
There’s a new strategy behind planting potatoes
Gerhard Bruwer tells all about how he plans on saving the potato industry, from the many potato diseases. Potatoes come with both high risk and high reward. Potatoes do not absorb fertilizer nutrients very well, thus making the ground they were planted in full of fertilizer from the season