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Farming is like running any other business: you need to be realistic and practical in how you go about it. Roelof Bezuidenhout lists some crucial pointers to help you out. Farming requires a great deal of effort, persistence and passion. Without these attributes, it is very difficult to make a

It is completely normal to have one or two animals that abort in a herd. However, when more than 3% of your herd aborts or a large number of animals abort in short succession, alarm bells should start ringing. Dr Dries Lessing from Frankfort Animal Clinic says there are a

Solidariteit het Dinsdag ʼn brief van Pravin Gordhan, minister van openbare ondernemings, ontvang waarin hy Solidariteit vra om met vaardighede te help om die Eskom-krisis in die land te takel. Dr. Dirk Hermann, bestuurshoof van Solidariteit, sê die vakbond het name van honderde kundiges wat hand opgesteek het om te

Eskom vra nou vir ‘n tarief vir verbruikers wat minder krag as die gemiddeld gebruik. Eskom se voorstel aan die Nasionale Energiereguleerder – dat verbruikers moet opdok as hulle minder krag verbruik – is Maandag uit talle oorde skerp gekritiseer. Die sukkelende kragvoorsiener, wat die afgelope ruk die kwaaiste beurtkragskedule

Cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have been reported in the Free State, Limpopo and Gauteng. New cases are still being reported in North West and KwaZulu-Natal. This follows on the movement of animals from the control area bordering the Kruger National Park and after infected animals were sold at auctions.

Sustainability plays a key role in any industry. It is with this in mind that the Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa (RuVASA) gathered in Gqeberha from 9 to 11 May with the aim of discussing sustainability in the agricultural sector. Veterinarians whose daily tasks involve working with farm animals,

Moed opgee of hoop verloor mag nie deel van die Suid-Afrikaanse boer se DNS wees nie. Dít is duidelik na net ʼn paar oomblikke in gesprek met Henry Geldenhuys, president van TLU SA. “Ondanks al die uitdagings wat boere op ʼn daaglikse basis in die gesig staar, doen ek ʼn

Due to the dramatic increase in African Horse Sickness (AHS) cases in the AHS infected (endemic) zone of the country over the last several months, many areas have been closed for direct movement into the AHS controlled area of the Western Cape. All provinces, including Beaufort West in the Western

Groot onsekerheid heers tans weer in Suid-Afrika ná die onlangse uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer in Noordwes. Dit bring die hele kwessie van dieresiektes en vergoeding vir verliese na die voorgrond, en derhalwe word ’n uitspraak van die Hoogste Hof van Appèl oor die uitbreking van tuberkulose in ’n melkkudde in die

Voorkoming is beter as genesing, veral as dit by diarree in kalwers kom. Kalfdiarree is wêreldwyd ’n netelige probleem wat ekonomiese verliese in die hand werk en die welsyn van diere baie nadelig kan beïnvloed. Verskillende faktore laat dié probleem opvlam, wat aansteeklik, nie-aansteeklik of ’n kombinasie van die twee