Decades of intimate cooperation between Gallagher and South African farmers enabled the company to develop the company’s livestock handling products to become world-wide stalwarts in agriculture. But it has no end – Gallagher still depend on the unstinting support and practical ingenuity of the hands-on farmer to continue designing and manufacturing even more efficient aids […] More
The main purpose of stock farming is profitability. The most important factors determining profitability is animal fertility and the growth of the offspring. Both are directly dependent on the nutritional status of the animal. Modern high producing animals require a wide range of different macro- and micro-nutrients at the correct and balanced levels to produce […] More
The success of a sheep famer depends on the percentage of lambs which goes to the market eventually in relation to the number of ewes which dropped them. A farmer already has a continuous fight against drought, vermin and crime – he cannot afford not to ensure that there is a 100% lambing percentage. “So […] More
One could see it from far away – the dark grey and bright orange Algar livestock handling equipment displayed at NAMPO 2019. Algar is a well-known name in the livestock industry for stalwart, strong, affordable and efficient equipment for the safe handling of your animals. The Algar equipment range helps you save time and expensive […] More
No farmer likes the essential process of branding, dehorning and docking of his/her animals because it remains a painful process. Furthermore it is no pleasure to work under the naked sun with red-hot branding irons and with animals that refuse to cooperate. Ratsbrand tackled the problem and managed to reduce the trauma of animal handling […] More
by staff writer Field days are fun days for farmers, with the added benefit of learning the latest on the subject presented. Cattle Wealth Management Firm recently held a very successful field day where all the right boxes were ticked. The firm invited the general public to its first ever field day on Saturday 25 […] More
“Die droogte, die verkiesing, onteiening sonder vergoeding en die onlangse uitbraak van bek- en klouseer laat van ons boere soms raadop,” sê Johan van der Colff, voorsitter van die RPO (Rooivleisprodusente-organisasie) Noord-Kaap tydens die kongres in Kimberley by die Horseshoe Inn op 5 en 6 Junie 2019. Maar ten spyte van al die slegte dinge […] More
“The eland literally ganged up and then walked through the fence as a body. We had just moved in here when the eland bull and five cows combined and flattened 100 metres of the eleven strand fence near our farm entrance. And when an eland roams free in this valley, he is a goner . […] More
The old adage of “You are what you eat” is certainly true when it comes to farming livestock. That is why animals feeding on rations mixed in a Rumax feed mixer simply means more profit in the farmer’s pocket. Rumax feed and concentrate mixers earns twice for the farmer – through savings and their efficiency. […] More
Bonnox is rightly a famous and respected brand on farms all over Southern Africa. Just like Bonnox, Jasmyn Farm and Farmstall at Hartbeespoort Dam near Pretoria in South Africa is a coveted household name. This versatile enterprise manages to produce nearly all the agricultural products for their farmers market and restaurant in town on a […] More
Meadow needs no introduction to South African livestock farmers. As part of the Astral Group, which has a huge share in the South African chicken production chain – from genetic production to several chicken meat and egg producer trademarks – Meadow supplies high quality formulated chicken feeds. This giant undertaking also manufactures complete feed ranges […] More
Better, easier, quicker, more efficient and affordable – these are the aims of Kanna, the clever designer and manufacturer of equipment that allow the farmer’s work to flow, make his life easier and his business also more profitable. It is no wonder because all the Kanna plans were born directly on the farm and contrived […] More
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