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READLRF-TS News March 2026
LRF-TS News is a biannual publication for Livestock Registering Federation members in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. The March 2026 issue features content carefully selected by the LRF’s Technical Services and offers information on livestock improvement, grazing management, nutrition, and the latest LRF news and happenings. Don’t miss it! In the March 2026 issue: • Gauging maternal productivity in the rangelands. • Maximise genetic gain with your bull pack. • Selecting for cow maternal performance. • Basiese beginsels van veldbestuur vir volhoubare produksie. • Brick by brick: Feeding a ruminant from birth to slaughter. • RPO-vleis amptelik opinternasionale standaard. • A comparison between phase C and D growth tests. • Testing the limits with genetic progress. • Simmentalers belê in veldbultoetse. • Why do we DNA test commercial heifers? Download your free copy here.
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READOilseeds Focus March 2026
In the March 2026 issue of Oilseeds Focus, we look at the forces reshaping South Africa’s oilseed landscape, including climate pressure and crop performance and disease risk and scientific collaboration. The issue unpacks the ongoing threat of Sclerotinia head rot in sunflower, reports back on the 2026 Combined Congress, and highlights new research providing empirical evidence of how rainfall amount and timing, temperature regimes, heat stress, and cultivar characteristics interact to shape canola yield outcomes. Also in this issue: • Cultivating climate-smart oilseed systems. • Climate drivers of canola yield in the Swartland. • The global drone revolution in agriculture. • Canola cultivar choice 2026: What and where? • Plant breeders’ rights and producers. • Promising new-generation soya bean cultivars. • International benchmarking of fertiliser uses. • Herbicide-resistant weeds associated with glyphosate. • South African oilseed nutrient use efficiency. • Oilseeds market 2026: A five-item watchlist. • New plant breeding techniques for food system resilience. • King IV vs King V: What is new? • And much more! Download your free copy here!
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READVeeplaas Maart 2026
In die hoofartikel in die Maart-uitgawe van Veeplaas kyk ons na die belangrike rol van voerkrale in die Suid-Afrikaanse rooivleisbedryf, insluitend hul kapasiteit, funksies in die waardeketting, bydrae tot die nasionale vleisproduksie, asook hoe ons land met ander vergelyk. Verder lees ons oor faktore wat die speenkalfprys bepaal en bek-en-klouseer word in die kollig geplaas: baanbrekernavorsing oor die vyfde kwart, hoe gemaak met biosekuriteit in die voerkraal en die toekoms van voerkrale te midde van hierdie krisis. Ook in Veeplaas Maart 2026 • Versekering is ’n veiligheidsnet met gate. • Oor Beefmasters, boerdery en balans. • ’n Tuli-kudde wat voortdurend verbeter. • Dohne-streekswenners en nuwe raad. • Van tradisie na tegnologie op Goedgeleë. • Suiwelsukses lê in genetika en teeldoelwitte. • Sporidesminvergiftiging: Navorsing en bestuur. • Die verskuilde risiko: Hittebestande spore in melk. • Voerkraalvoedingtegnologie: Werk dit regtig? • Buffers in voerkrale bevorder stabiliteit. • Die beginsels van veldverbetering. • Die impak van swak watergehalte op landbou. • Boerbokbestuur (Deel 6): Siektes. • Sponssiekte op die plaas. • Ekonomiese en veekundige begrippe. • En vele meer! Laai jou gratis uitgawe hier af.