To Stay Ahead of the Next Insect Outbreak, Harness Available Data Intelligence by Esther Ngumbi ILLINOIS, United States, Aug 12 2020 (IPS) – Recently, the UK contributed £17 million to support the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to continue their efforts to combat the desert locust surge in East Africa and improve early warning […]
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Agrico SB 1000/1600 Blower Sprayers: Efficient, robust and economical by Agrico With over 50 years of experience as a sprayer manufacturer, Agrico has updated it’s range of blower sprayers over the last couple of years. Whereas the product still offer great value and reliability, a number of technical advances were made to set it […]
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New SatAgro Crop Monitoring and Management Platform for South Africa by Southern Mapping Southern Mapping, a Woolpert company based in South Africa, who provides a range of aerial Lidar & ortho surveys, satellite imagery and geospatial services for a variety of sectors, is proud to announce the addition of a new crop monitoring service […]
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Beekeeping Business Success Advice A Compilation of Two Successful Agripreneurs This Third-Generation Beekeeper from Polokwane Started a Successful Business. She has this Advice for Prospective Farmers By Bombi Mavundza, Business Insider SA Beekeeping runs in Mokgadi Mabela’s family. Her grandfather was a farmer and kept bees to pollinate crops in Polokwane. After him, […]
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Kalahari Red Goats: Hardy and Profitable By Annelie Coleman The proven economics of the Kalahari Red breed motivated Cobus Meyer to branch out into goat production on the family farm near Leeudoringstad. He told Annelie Coleman that establishing his Greenstone Kalahari Red Goat stud had been the best business decision he had ever […]
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About Boer Goats The Boer Goat, a breed of goat birthed in South Africa in the early 1900s which is a popular breed for meat production, has been phenomenally successful as a registered small stock breed. The Boer Goat is a breed of goat birthed in South Africa in the early 1900s and is […]
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Boer Goat Exports by Patriot Boer Goat Stud Patriot Boer Goat Stud – working closely with a select team of experts from the Southern African Boer Goat and related industries – exports top quality full blood, pure bred and disease free animals throughout Africa and to a number of countries across the world. […]
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Getting Started with Dairy Goats: Practical Tips from a Farmer By Jeandré van der Walt, Farmer’s Weekly Three years ago, WA Hugo started farming dairy goats on 8ha just outside Lambert’s Bay. Today, he has a herd of 150 goats and produces various cheese products. Jeandré van der Walt visited him on his farm, […]
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SA Company Takes Maggot Farming to the World By Linda van Tilburg & Antony Sguazzin There is a growing awareness that humans will have to find alternative sources of protein for themselves and their animals. With rampant population growth, global warming and seas that are overfished; insects are increasingly seen as an environmentally friendly alternative […]
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6 Reasons Why You Should Raise Grasscutters or Cane Rats by Akinbobola A. May I introduce you to the Grasscutter, Giant Rat or Cane Rat, a micro-livestock animal that many people don’t know has a lot of money-making potential. The scientific name for the Cane Rat or Grasscutter is Thryonomys swinderianus. In this article, […]
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