Farmer’s Weekly – 30 August 2019

Weekly neWsWrap BFAP Baseline Agricultural Outlook 2019 to 2028 ABOVE: Maizeproduction is increasingly beingaffectedby changingw ...

ABOVE: A livestock traceabilitysystem is neededtogain betterinsightinto SouthAfrica’s informalbeefherd. fwarchive 30 August 2019 ...

Weekly neWsWrap 20 farmer’sweekly 30 August 2019 Movingforwardwiththeuptake of regenerative or conservation agriculture will req ...

Wagyu SA Congress WeeklyneWsWrap 30 August 2019 farmer’sweekly 21 Themajorityofconsumers worldwidesufferfrom malnutritionduetoa ...

Weekly neWsWrap 22 farmer’sweekly 30 August 2019 DoIt Againhasdoneit again after being named South Africa’s Horse of the Year in ...

ABOVE: GrainAcademy alumniposing fora photograph duringa reunion in Pretoria,were fromleft:Tuduetso Mogotlong,Andile Matekane,So ...

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GLOBAL FARMING The trend in rich countries towards vegetarian and vegan diets will not result in higher demand for fresh fruit a ...

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COMMUNALFARMING BYSHANEBRODY ShaneBrodyis involvedinproject managementaspartofanoutreach programmeaimedat transferring skillstoc ...

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FEATURE Goat’sCheese Vliedermaus, judged top of its class in 2018 and 2019 at the South African Dairy Championships. It was name ...

TOP: The‘ladies’,as VanAswegencalls theewes,queueup at themilkingshed. ABOVELEFT: EsteevanAswegen. ABOVERIGHT: Theextensive vege ...

feature Goat’s Cheese FROM TOP: The stud ram, Boris, with his colourful personality and inquisitive nature, is a firm favourite. ...

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LIVESTOCK Cattle Handling Stress in cattle can cause these animals and their handlers numerous problems, and ultimately lose mon ...

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lookforpotentialpredators. However,thismeansthat cattlehavea blindspotdirectly infrontoftheirheads,and anotherbehindtheirrumps. ...

30 AUGUST 2019 farmer’sweekly 37 uncomfortable and automatically moves away from the handler. PRESSURE The handler must use an ‘ ...