Anyone selling or buying livestock needs to give some thought to transporting sheep and goats. Sheep should be handled gently and firmly. Never pull small […]
Author: Staff Reporter
Choose Your Chicken: Boschveld
The Boschveld Chicken was developed by Mike Bosch by crossing three indigenous southern African chicken breeds. Because of this they are able to handle anything […]
SA Smallholder on CapeTalk
On Monday morning, our editor and publisher Pete Bower spoke on CapeTalk’s Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto about the changing and growing landscape of smallholders in […]
How to Establish a Grazing Agreement
Some smallholders are fortunate enough to have more land than they need for their own uses. So they might consider leasing out some of their […]
Registering Your Livestock Identification Number
Livestock identification is required by law, even for smallholders. The procedure to register your mark has changed in the last few months. According to the […]
Choose Your Chicken: Australorps
The Australorp chicken is a dual-purpose breed, which means they are suited for both egg and meat production. The breed was developed in Australia, based […]
How to Remove Alien Plants
“Alien invasive” plants rapidly colonise undisturbed, pristine areas, displacing indigenous vegetation and transforming the plant community. Removing alien plants is important to keep the ecology […]
Must-have machines for smallholders
There are some machines for smallholders without which our lives would be considerably more difficult. The first, today, is a generator capable of, at least, […]
SA environmental groups win big legal victory
On this World Environment Day, SA Smallholder would like to acknowledge the wonderful work done by environmental organisations. A recent victory scored by the Centre […]
Dogs on plots: How many is enough?
SA Smallholder research shows that more than 85% of smallholders will have dogs on plots, at least one and most have three or four. You […]