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Planning and timing: crucial success factors in cattle production

If her parents had not decided in 2006 to buy a piece of land near Nigel in Gauteng on which to farm, Lerato Senakhomo might never have ended up being a farmer herself.

She had always been interested in looking after animals and wanted to become a veterinarian. That changed when she was given the opportunity to farm alongside her parents Joseph and Bridget.

The Senakhomos started out with goats, sheep and cattle. At first, the farm’s cash flow

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