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READMatrix April 2025
A key focus in this edition of AFMA Matrix is the ongoing port inefficiencies and their impact on the feed industry. Supply chain disruptions have made one thing very clear: Efficient import and export logistics are critical for maintaining feed availability and cost stability. We also explore AFMA’s recent introduction of remote audits as part of its Code of Conduct assessment process, and how AFMA continues to strengthen the value chain through collaboration in the grain value chain network roundtable, addressing key issues such as supply chain efficiencies, market access, and the adoption of innovative technologies to enhance productivity. The AFMA Matrix April 2025 issue offers valuable information for professionals in the animal feed industry. Also look forward to the following articles: • Assessing the CEC’s accuracy: From first estimate to final crop. • Careers in the feed industry: The journey of a lifetime (Part 1) • Guidelines for the exhibition and sale of farm feeds. • Driving excellence in South Africa’s pork industry. • Impact of feed efficiency on young beef animals and adult resilience. • Mycotoxin contamination and the nutritional content of maize. • Antibiotic resistance gene pollution in poultry farming environments. • Prevalence and characterisation of Salmonella species on swine sites. • Factors affecting bone health in laying hens. • Legislation governing agricultural remedies. • And much more! Download your free copy here
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READVeeplaas April 2025
Vir sommige vleisprodusente is ’n voerkraal ’n belangrike skakel in die voorbereiding en bemarking van hul produk. In Veeplaas se jaarlikse voerkraalfokus in ons April-uitgawe, gee ons inligting oor alle aspekte van voerkrale – van inset- en uitsetkoste tot rantsoene vir voerkrale, ’n besoek aan ’n plaasvoerkraal, die gebruik van kuilvoer in voerkraalrantsoene, asook gesondheidsaspekte en biosekuriteit. Ons besoek ’n bekroonde Nguni-teler by Piketberg in die Wes-Kaap en nog ’n produsent beskryf sy diversifiseringsresep. Ons kyk ook ’n vergelyking van bulpryse, die verband tussen voeding en vrugbaarheid by melkkoeie, en hoe goeie wol moet lyk. In Veeplaas April 2025 • Voerkrale: Koste van insette en uitsette. • Langspruit-landgoed: Vertakkings wat saam werk. • Borane presteer in die plaasvoerkraal. • Tipering en gehalte van wol. • Voorbereiding vir die skeerseisoen. • Voerkraalrantsoene vir veilige, smaaklike vleis. • Mikroörganismes in die voerkraal: Goeie bakterieë. • Die vestiging en bestuur van winterweidings. • Die sukses van jou belegging in die voerkraal. • Hittestres by voerkraalbeeste: Oplossings is nodig. • Voorkom respiratoriese siektes in die voerkraal. • Bloutong bly die mees komplekse siekte in skape. • Biosekuriteitsbeginsels vir siektevoorkoming. • En vele meer! Laai jou gratis eksemplaar hier af.
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READStockfarm April 2025
Feedlots play a significant role in the South African red meat industry and round off approximately 70 to 80% of the country’s beef cattle. The main role-players offer standing capacity for approximately 300 000 cattle at any given moment. With numbers such as these, every aspect of a feedlot must be closely managed to ensure optimal functioning. In the April issue of Stockfarm, we unpack the crucial factors that have a direct impact on feedlot profitability. As April is our special feedlot focus, we also include articles on topics such as feedlot rations for healthy meat, and respiratory diseases in the feedlot. Also look forward to the following articles: • The value of genomics for beef cattle production. • A South African bull price indicator. • Agricultural national public good assets (Part 1). • Managing somatic cell counts in dairy cows (Part 2). • Classification and quality of wool. • RPO Mpumalanga: Going to battle for red meat producers. • A major step forward for stock theft reporting. • More profitable beef carcasses. • The Boran excels in Fonteine Boran’s farm feedlot. • Calf weaning: Setting your calves up for success. • ARC can now determine an animal’s ‘burp tax’. • Importance of microbes in soil aggregates. • Bluetongue remains the most complex sheep disease. • Important biosecurity principles for disease prevention. • The legal history of land reform in South Africa. • And much more! Download your free copy here.