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Severe weather, rain and flooding are at the forefront of the minds of many South Africans, especially those in KwaZulu-Natal. https://agtag.co.za/category/14/post/30649 Two weeks ago (11-12 April 2022), the province’s coast received heavy rain, with some areas recording over 300mm in 24 hours. This is about a third of the annual

Dit is van die uiterste belang dat sogende ooilammers en jongooie optimaal uitgroei, want dit verhoog hulle leeftydreproduksie- en -produksietempo. Massaverlies op enige stadium van geboorte tot eerste paring, asook swak uitgroei, kan leeftydproduksie en -reproduksie permanent en onomkeerbaar verlaag. Versorging van ooilammers word soms erg verwaarloos, omdat dié diere

Klostridiale infeksies word deur ‘n groot groep bakterieë veroorsaak en om onderskeid tussen hulle te tref, word dit soms ingedeel as die Clostridium perfringens groep waar ons byvoorbeeld Clostridium perfringens tipe D vind, wat bloednier veroorsaak, en dan die groep wat kwaadaardige edeem of gasgangreen veroorsaak, en laastens die groep

Redelike swaar neerslae van 30 mm en meer kan vanaf 24 April af oor die grootste deel van die somerreënstreek uitsak. So meen Johan van den Berg, onafhanklike landbouweerkundige. https://agtag.co.za/category/14/post/30637 Volgens Van den Berg het daar in ‘n soortgelyke seisoen in 2011 nog swaar reën in die eerste week van

What we witnessed in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa over the past couple of days is heartbreaking – the loss of lives and the destruction of communities and businesses are unbearable. https://agtag.co.za/category/14/post/30631 As President Cyril Ramaphosa pointed out in his Address to the Nation on 18 April 2022, “All

Dramatic shifts in meat consumption trends have revealed the toll of soaring costs of living on South Africa’s vulnerable low-income households, with a meteoric rise in demand for affordable pork products to stretch budgets further. https://agtag.co.za/category/14/post/30626 According to Statistics South Africa, food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation increased 6.4% year-on-year in

High-frequency data confirm that sales of agricultural machinery remained robust in the first three months of the year. Tractor sales were up by 5% y/y in March, with 641 units sold. At the same time, the combine harvester sales were up by 48% y/y, with 43 units sold. https://agtag.co.za/category/14/post/30601 These

Die wakker boer wat wins uit sy skaapboerdery wil maak sorg dat sy ooie se kondisie regdeur die jaar gehandhaaf word. ’n Sleutelbeleid is om ooie regdeur die jaar op minstens ՚n 3-, maar verkieslik ՚n 3,5-kondisiepunt (KP) te hou. Gefokusde voeding Gefokusde voeding is die aanvulling van spesifieke voedingstowwe

The minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza, announced that the country is currently battling 56 outbreak cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), involving farms and communal areas in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Limpopo, North West and Gauteng. https://agtag.co.za/category/14/post/30621 Despite these outbreaks, the government is working hard

The family farming organisation Saai and Buffelsfontein Brandewyn hosted Lamb Champs at Harlequins Rugby Club in Pretoria on 2 April 2022 in search of the tastiest lamb in South Africa. https://agtag.co.za/category/14/post/30562 During Lamb Champs, 50 family farmers from all over South Africa’s lamb was spit-roasted and each lamb was judged