Farmer’s Weekly – 30 August 2019

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Flipoverforthe

2019 ARCNational

BeefPerformers

Award.

ABOVE:

Stressin cattle

cancausethese

animalsandtheir

handlersnumerous

problems,and

ultimatelylose

moneyforthecattle

farmingbusiness.

DrJohanCloete,a

ruminanttechnical

veterinarianwith

MSDAnimalHealth,

saysit is essential

forhandlersto

understandcattle

behaviourtohelp

reducestress(see

storyonpg34).

LLOYDPHILLIPS

COVERSTORY:

Afterteaching

herself

cheesemaking,

EsteevanAswegen

enteredherBaris

cheesesat the

SouthAfricanDairy

Championshipsand

wontopofclass

(seestoryonpg30).

ANNELIECOLEMAN

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ARTICLES

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By Invitation COVER

‘SA needs major policy

shift to grow agri sector’ –

development analyst

Feature COVER

How top cheesemaker built her

dairy goat business in three years

Livestock COVER

Discard the whip to reduce

stress and improve

performance in cattle

Crops COVER

Information overload: Making the

most of precision farming data

OPINION& ANALYSIS

1 AGRIBUSINESSPERSPECTIVE:

Loomingfoodinsecurity

inZimbabwe

2 POLITICALPERSPECTIVE:Placing

xenophobiainperspective

WEEKLYNEWSWRAP

14 ‘NEWCOMPANYwill

makeostrichproducts

readilyaccessible’

15 SAEXPORTSitsfirstmajor

consignmentofgoldkiwifruit

16 ALLEGEDFRAUDinbidfornew

minenearKrugerNationalPark

18 MAIZEPRODUCTIONfaces

uncertain,volatilefuture

21 GLOBALMALNUTRITIONdue

to‘trendtoeatlessmeat’

REGULARS

8 Farmer’sDiary

9 Letters

10 Archive

60 FarmSales

62 Auctions

LIFESTYLE

52 RealCooking

54 Crossword

55 HillbillyHomes

56 HitchingPost

56 HolisticHealth

57 Books

57 OnlineFarmer

63 Townie

Back to Basics

• Running two engines


• Know your invasive species!

Vegetable Production

Using nitrogen as an accelerator

On the Market Floor

Machinery

& Implements

Bigger, better Nampo Cape

Supplement COVER

Merino

COLUMNS

Global Farming COVER

Tax Advice

Communal Farming

Risk Management

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