While common across South Africa, goats remain a largely untapped resource for poverty alleviation and rural development. But efforts to remedy the situation are being undermined by the widespread theft of goats. Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas Erasmus, provincial commander of the SA Police Service’s KwaZulu-Natal stock theft and endangered species units, examines this issue. KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) […]
Die droogte in die Wes-Kaap die afgelope drie jaar, het veral ons veeboere, swaar getref. Met die laagste reënval in 2017 die afgelope 80 jaar, het natuurlike weiding en voer `n luuksheid geraak, wat min boere kon bekostig. Kuddes was drastiese verminder en nasionale droogtehulp was nie naastenby genoeg nie. Voerskenkings uit ander provinsies het […]
Register via the SABGBA to obtain a prefix (e.g.name of farm “Bokfontein”).
The first step to identifying a deficiency is to see if your soil is deficient in selenium. You can also contact your local extension agent and ask about selenium levels. Soil levels under .5 ppm are considered deficient
