Stockfarm Magazine - March 2020

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In this issue

Make drought part of your water plan
Prepare your ewes for mating
Dairy industry • Creep feed • Winter crops • Cow size • Worm resistance
Bovine viral diarrhoea • Boreholes • Equine diseases

Make drought part of your water plan

It is said that drought conditions will become a normal feature of the landscape in future. If this is indeed going to be the case, it means that producers will have to incorporate this aspect into their normal on-farm planning.

4 mins

Functionally Efficient Animals Must Also Be Beautiful

Louis Greeff is partial to a beautiful Brahman, but to him science is just as important. For this reason, his genetically superior red Brahmans must also be beautiful. While other people are watching television, Louis usually sits at his computer where he carefully studies each animal. He uses advanced computer programs to plan the best matings with the greatest chance of success.

5 mins

Diversification and value addition: A perfect combination

The first factor to consider when you want to diversify your farming enterprise and add as much value to your farm as possible, is your natural resources. This applies to both your farm’s natural resources and that which the environment offers.

8 mins

Prepare your ewes for the mating season

A sheep farmer has three chances to ensure an optimal lamb harvest and to guarantee profitability. The first is to have as many ewes as possible conceive.

5 mins

Creep feed pens: Clever thinking goes a long way

There are several existing patents for creep feed pens and nutritionists, engineers and designers have been ‘borrowing’ from each other’s designs in a bid to create smart, workable gates that can partition creep feed for lambs and calves. These designs are usually cost-effective and can quite often be used elsewhere on the farm. Stockfarm spoke to Nadia van Staden of Hekkies, a company that manufactures such systems.

2 mins

Creep feed 101: The basic principles

The saying that you must first learn to crawl before you can walk, applies to many facets of life.

3 mins

Winter crops for the cold months

The summer months have so far been mostly dry and the prospects for late summer rainfall remain uncertain. If conditions were to improve, greenfeed can be planted from February onwards. Many producers who have water available will be planting greenfeed to see their animals through the winter months.

4 mins

The Animal Diseases Act: What farmers should know

Part 10: Controlled diseases in equines

4 mins

Be spot-on when sinking a borehole

Water is a scarce resource in South Africa and identifying the right place to drill for it, is often difficult. Several factors must be considered, as the cost of a borehole is extremely high.