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READStockfarm July 2025
When planning a crossbreeding programme, it is essential to understand the various systems involved and carefully evaluate the key factors before implementation, as improper implementation of a crossbreeding programme can potentially decrease hybrid vigour. In the July 2025 issue of Stockfarm we discuss the Brahman as the ideal breed in a crossbreeding system, adding more articles to the mix as part of this month’s special Brahman focus – check out our farm visits to several Brahman breeders. Also included are articles on the Agricultural Research Council’s Small-scale Dairy Producer of the Year, RPO North West and, winter greenfeed mixtures for cattle and sheep. Also look forward to the following articles: • Locally produced chicken’s South African market share. • Toyota SA National Young Auctioneers Competition: Going once, going twice, sold! • Investigating wastewater solutions in the dairy industry. • Olebile Ratshikana: Stockmanship comes from knowledge and heart. • Feed formulation: Models and methods. • Minerals: Dynamite comes in small packages. • Finishing lambs on cultivated pastures. • Biosecurity on a chicken farm. • Bonsmara shines at Elite Awards. • Herd health and reproductive management plan. • When malignant catarrhal fever rears its head. • Poultry diseases that can cause chaos. • Law minute: Applying ESTA to property in an urban area. • And much more! Download your copy here!
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READVeeplaas July 2025
In Veeplaas se Julie 2025-uitgawe kyk ons na een van die mees intensiewe produksiestelsels in die landbou, naamlik die hoenderbedryf. Kenners verduidelik hoe die verbruik van hoendervleis in Suid-Afrika daar uitsien. In nog ‘n artikel verduidelik hoenderprodusent en mediese dokter, Naudé Rossouw, hoe die regering se stilswye oor voëlgriep die bedryf en individuele produsente geaffekteer het. Wat gemaak as snotsiekte onder jou beeste uitbreek? Drs De Wet Vorster en Renaldo Oosthuizen, onderskeidelik van die Vrede- en Warden-dierehospitaal, verskaf inligting oor maatreëls wat toegepas kan word om hierdie dodelike siekte te probeer voorkom. Hierdie uitgawe bevat ook ons jaarlikse fokus op die indrukwekkende Brangus-beesras. Ook in Veeplaas Julie 2025 • Van derms tot modelle by WPSA-simposium. • Savpo: Die ekonomie van varkboerdery. • Brangus: Vervangingsverse is ons toekoms. • Brangus: Só koop jy die regte bul. • Span KI in vir Brangus-teling. • Grootfontein Dohne: Navorsing gee antwoorde. • Bestuur van afvalwater in die melkbedryf. • Rol van minerale in herkouervoeding. • Voerformulering: Modelle en metodes. • Voedingsriglyne vir braai- en lêhoenders. • Biosekuriteit op ‘n hoenderplaas. • Stel jou 12-maande veekuddegesondheidsplan op. • En vele meer! Laai jou gratis kopie hier af!
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READOilseed Focus June 2025
Amid our ever-growing agricultural challenges and growth opportunities, staying informed is more crucial than ever for oilseeds producers and processors striving for profitability. Oilseeds Focus is dedicated to ensuring that every role-player in the oilseeds value chain stays updated with the latest research, market movements, and news relating to the oilseed industry. The June 2025 issue of Oilseeds Focus is packed with essential articles that provide comprehensive insights into the latest news, market reports, industry events and research. Articles to look forward to in this issue: • Biocontrol of soya bean phytopathogens • Enhancing sunflower head rot assessments. • Empowering nodulation and nitrogen fixation. • Highlights from the NGRP’s annual meeting. • Canola in Australia: 21st century progress (Part 1). • The delicate balance of South African soya bean production. • Interactions between agrochemicals and inoculants. • The future and competitiveness of our soya bean industry. • South Africa’s oilseed sector navigates a wet harvest season. • World oilseeds market and trade, May 2025. • Dynamics and versatility of the soya bean industry in South Africa. • Proficiency testing: Improving soya bean analysis. • Nutritional quality of locally produced oilcake meals. • Do not abuse the Trespass Act. • Increasing sunflower production in South Africa. • Monitoring of Sclerotinia stem rot of canola. • The importation of canola seed. • Concentration and removal of macronutrients by soya bean seeds. • Herbicide-resistant weeds threaten soya bean production. • Market forecast 2025: Key insights and projections. • Soya bean GMO import dynamics and the way forward. • The life-changing benefits of peanut butter. • Mediation in terms of the new Land Court Act. Download your free copy here!