In the old South Africa it was a crime to exceed the official stocking rate without permission from the Soil Conservation Committee (SCC). It was against that background that Graaff-Reinet livestock farmer Dougie Stern asked the SCC to visit his farm Rietpoort in 1992 to reassess his stocking rate on the strength of his veld. [...]
Graaff-Reinet veterinarian Dr Roland Larson’s research on the effects of trace minerals and vitamins in livestock, especially small stock, is showing the way forward for exciting improvements in condition, productivity and the treatment of disease. […]
Memories of his younger farming years must have come flooding back to 87-year-old Chipper Kingwill as he sat in the stands watching the Jubilee Sheepdog Trials in Graaff-Reinet on the 6th and 7th of May. Fifty years ago Chipper was one of the founder members of the South African Sheepdog Association (SASDA). Several of his [...]
Does the idea of running twice the number of livestock on your land for significantly more profit while improving your veld and grazing appeal to you? There’s no livestock farmer in the world who’d say “No”. Enter Allan Savory. Over 50 years, he has proved that this and more is achievable on holistically managed farms [...]