Everybody has a mental picture of a dung beetle at work: a tough-looking creature with its back legs on an impossibly large ball of dung […]
Category: POULTRY & LIVESTOCK
Managing Rodents On Your Smallholding
With their stores of animal feed and fodder, and nice, warm stables, smallholdings are always going to be targeted by mice and rats and there […]
Keeping Guard Dogs On Your Plot
Research shows that more than 85% of smallholders have at least one dog on their property and many have three or four. Some are kept […]
Overvaal Dexter Club Auction: Bulls, females and calves up for grabs
Join the Overvaal Dexter Club for a Dexter Auction. 3 bulls, 58 females, 39 supers and weaned calves will be on auction. Date: Saturday 4 […]
New Case Of Swine Fever Detected In Gauteng
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has announced a new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) on a farm in Gauteng. The […]
Choosing The Right Fencing For Your Animals
A smallholding that is home to livestock requires adequate fencing to ensure your livestock are safe and secure. This fencing must keep both your livestock […]
Grow To Love Your Termites
If you have ever had a termite problem in your home or on your property you are probably not well-disposed towards these little creatures. However, […]
Know The Law: Livestock And The NSPCA
South Africans are familiar with the work done by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in connection with pets. However, smallholders […]
Here Are SA’s Most Popular Goat Breeds
Smallholders interested in keeping goats have a number of indigenous breeds to choose from. Generally, indigenous breeds in South Africa are kept predominantly for meat, […]
How To Manage Your Agricultural Runoff
Protecting our water resources is a vital part of living on a smallholding. Whether this is a natural water course such as a river or […]