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READVeeplaas June 2025
In Veeplaas se Junie 2025-uitgawe kyk ons na een van die grootste uitdagings vir landbouprodusente, naamlik om uit te pluis watter kombinasie van bedryfstakke onder ’n gegewe stel omstandighede die beste opbrengs bied. In die Karoo is dit eintlik ’n eenvoudige vraag wat op die keuse van ‘n skaapras neerkom. Is wolboerdery voordelig of is dit beter om net op vleis te fokus? Kom meer te wete oor dié kwessie in Wol of vleis: Agt jaar se finansiële syfers vir die Sentraal-Karoo. Veeplaas bied ook inligting oor hoe Suid-Afrikaanse veeprodusente hul finansiële stabiliteit kan onderhou en hoe skuld met oorleg aangegaan kan word. ’n Onderwerp wat tans groot reaksie uitlok is die voorgestelde regulasies vir diere-identifikasie. Izak Hofmeyr bied meer insig oor die saak. Ons gesels met Frikkie Wentzel wat die voorsitterleisels by die Oos-Kaapse Nasionale Wolkwekersvereniging oorgeneem het, en besoek verskeie skoue waar topdiere van oor die land ten toon gestel is. Ook in Veeplaas Mei 2025 • Sekretarisvoëls: Afrika se grasveldwandelaars. • ’n Beesboer se buffer teen vloedverwoesting. • Die sleutels tot vrugbaarheid is aanpasbaarheid en kondisietelling. • Gesmokkelde diere wek kommer: RPO Limpopo-kongres. • Stormberg Dohne’s: Gemiddeld is nie goed genoeg nie. • Faktore wat tot kweekhuisgasvrystellings op ’n melkplaas bydra. • Eenvoud is die sleutel tot melkboerderysukses. • Die suiwelbedryf se regulatoriese landskap. • ’n Kort gids tot basiese kruipvoerbeginsels. • Suurpens kan produksie knou. • Die waarde van Dorpers: Sout van die aarde. • Doeltreffende geriewe vir ekonomiese skaapproduksie. • En vele meer! Laai jou gratis kopie hier af
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READStockfarm June 2025
The livestock industry in KwaZulu-Natal has been severely unsettled by restrictions on the movement of animals in several regions after further occurrences of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the province. The bull sale season and several auctions are in jeopardy, and many producers are left with more questions than answers. In the June 2025 issue of Stockfarm, we shed light on the situation and the efforts being made to assist livestock producers in navigating outbreaks. We also unpack the dos and don’ts of the new FMD movement protocol. The magazine also includes its usual variety of industry-focussed articles ranging from acidosis and double cropping to the financing landscape and the livestock producer. Also look forward to the following articles: • LRF Stockman School: A must for serious producers. • More efficient drought relief: Lessons from Australia. • Agricultural national public good assets (Part 3). • RPO Eastern Cape: Action packed and purposeful. • RPO Limpopo: Smuggled animals cause for concern. • 2024 KyD of the Year winner: Commercial cattle farming is not just a dream. • A quick guide to basic creep feed principles. • Beware livestock sudden death in high frost areas. • The acidosis doppelgangers. • Hedge your silage risk with insurance. • Adaptability and condition score the keys to fertility. • A structured approach to preventing abortion. • Catch and treat pneumonia early. • When people are living on your new farm. • And much more! Download your free copy here.
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READCHIPS May/June 2025
The May/June 2025 issue of CHIPS always emphasises the importance of transformation in the potato industry and in this issue, we feature an article on the Potatoes SA enterprise development programme (EDP) which has become a key driver of transformation within the industry, focussing on commercialising over 40 developing producers across South Africa. This issue also delves into topics such as the identification and prevention of soft rot blackleg, an Eastern Free State product trial under dryland conditions near Bethlehem, and insights gained during a marketing committee visit to Atteridgeville near Pretoria. CHIPS continues to be a valuable source of technical information and news for those involved in the potato value chain.