Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

In the last week of January, I delivered a brief address on the value of traceability in monitoring livestock and fostering a viable livestock products trade in South Africa at the Livestock Identification and Traceability System conference, held in

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

People in industrialised regions such as the US or Europe are generally urged to eat less meat and animal-source foods as part of a healthier and lower-emissions diet. But such recommendations are not universal solutions in low- and middle-income cou

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

South Africa’s often resource-challenged agricultural schools would do well to introduce commercial rabbit production enterprises as part of their education and training curricula. This was according to the founder of the Future Farmers Foundation an

Farmer's Weekly

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Australia’s AU$1,6 billion (about R18,5 billion) annual timber trade with China hangs in the balance after requests to that country’s customs officials to resume log exports were ignored. Reuters reported that the four-million-ton log trade was large

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

It is a serious cause for concern that so few livestock agents are registered with the Agricultural Produce Agents Council, as is legally required in South Africa. This was according to Willie Clack, chairperson of the National Stock Theft Prevention

Shooting Times & Country

1 min. di lettura

We all know the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are going to be grim; the economy is in meltdown and thousands of teenagers’ important exam results have been fudged. But is anyone who, in name at least, is running the country aware of the

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

Livestock theft remains a serious threat to agriculture, despite an announcement by the National Stock Theft Prevention Forum (NSTPF) that incidences of this crime showed a decline over the festive season. The stock theft coordinator of the Free Stat

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

Stock farmers face a long list of challenges and risks. One of the greatest of these is the conservation of natural resources, as today’s producers are entirely responsible for their own fodder flow programmes and can no longer look to the state for

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

The latest data from Absa AgriBusiness shows that globally, sales of livestock products, particularly meat, are starting to trend up again, as lockdown restrictions are being eased worldwide. This after COVID-19-related trade restrictions slashed shi

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

THIS COURSE FOCUSES ON BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION, INCLUDING HOW TO IDENTIFY AND MONITOR BREEDING BEHAVIOUR, BASIC NUTRITION, HEALTH CARE AND RECORD-KEEPING. Environmental Waste and Landfill Management, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg.Email admin@maphosa

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

A new communication policy formulated by the Free State Red Meat Producers’ Organisation (RPO), the National Wool Growers’ Association, and Free State Agriculture (FSA), under the auspices of the Free State Stock Theft Prevention Forum, aims to addre

Wildlife Ranching Magazine

6 min. di lettura

The listing of 45 popular wildlife species in the regulations of the Animal Improvement Act (AIA) in May 2019, was met with shock and indignation by conservation NGOs and hunting organisations in South Africa. For most game ranchers, however, this st

Farms and Farm Machinery

6 min. di lettura

Australian farms will produce roughly 1 million tonnes less of grains in 2019–2020 – a 3 per cent fall to 29.24 million tonnes following an unexpectedly hot and dry spring, according to the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resources Economics and

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

The Tractor Operation and Maintenance course, hosted by the Buhle Academy, teaches delegates about professional tractor operations. This includes driving the tractor, the optimal use of implements for land preparation, and maintenance of the tractor.

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

Amid the COVID-19-related lockdown that brought economic activity to a near standstill for the better part of the year, the agriculture sector became a silver lining for South Africa’s economy. According to many experts, climate change and the pandem

Country Life

1 min. di lettura

AS the name implies, Anglo-Nubian goats originated from crosses of such she-goats as already existed in England with imported sires of the type which is loosely classified as Nubian, although these Roman-nosed, lop-eared creatures are widely spread o

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

When we read about the agricultural economic history of South Africa in years to come, 2019 will stand out as one of the toughest the sector has experienced in the past decade. On a macro level, the country has witnessed sustained despondency among f

Spin-Off

1 min. di lettura

If you’re crossing a border into a different country, the customs officer may ask if you’ve been on a farm or ranch or otherwise had contact with animals (other than pets), especially livestock. After a transatlantic flight, it’s tempting to say “no.

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

Farmers in New Zealand have expressed serious concern about the country’s Climate Change Commission draft advice, which recommends that livestock numbers on farms be reduced in an effort to meet the country’s greenhouse gas emission obligations. Acco

New Internationalist

3 min. di lettura

The Contents page of NI 523 stated that Alex Sager’s article ‘imagines a world where borders have finally been banished’. But that’s not really what it did, as it referred to a system of open borders and free movement, which assumes that the borders

NPR

1 min. di lettura

Farmers say their livestock and operations are being unfairly blamed for greenhouse gas emissions. They descended on The Hague, causing what's been called the country's worst morning rush hour.

Country Life

2 min. di lettura

THE Countryside Crusader would never underestimate the importance of farmers. They are the stewards of the land and, therefore, of 71% of the UK. We owe them our landscape and much more than half our food. Faced with climate change, we will need farm

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

Government programmes to support farmers affected by drought conditions, or by the national lockdown to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, are still continuing, albeit it under constrained financial conditions. This was according to

Farmer's Weekly

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While the industry has welcomed the lifting of the ban on auctions and a resumption of red meat sales, strict safety protocols mean that it cannot be business as usual. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (agriculture dep

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

South Africa’s red meat production sector would benefit from its own formal compartmental system for animal health management, even though it would be more challenging to achieve than with conventional intensive livestock production, such as pigs and

The American Poetry Review

1 min. di lettura

Cows calve, horses foal, goats kid, but women do not child.Another verb separates us from the noun of it, a distance betweencells that split in my body, my body, and her wet fur on my stomach.I spent all morning as an animal, all afternoon coveringth

AQ: Australian Quarterly

2 min. di lettura

1 ‘Greater Sydney in July 2018: Record warmth and dry conditions’ http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/nsw/sydney. shtml last accessed 6 August 2018. 2 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-26/plea-for-bullets-toput-down-skeletal-drought-affected

Organic NZ

2 min. di lettura

One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture Gabe Brown (Chelsea Green, 2018) Soil is the foundation of any farming business and its function is key to profits. This easy-to-read farmer-friendly book nails that message home. Gabe Brown is the b

NPR

2 min. di lettura

As the editor of a blog called Goats and Soda (see this story for the explanation behind the name), I'm always interested in the latest goat research. So I was definitely hooked by a press release that declared, "Goats prefer happy people." Alan McEl

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

The Namibia Agricultural Union’s (NAU) Livestock Production and Price Overview for 2020 saw a drastic drop in livestock marketing and a significant increase in producer prices. The numbers of cattle, sheep, and goats marketed in 2020 were down 47%, 5