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Sernick’s R&D reaches new heights with drone technology
Early last year, a crop-spraying drone took it first legal flight in South Africa. The momentous event was a breakthrough for innovation in South African agriculture and kicked open...
Bodulo Mabote
Livestock farming is the main agricultural activity in South Africa with a rich heritage of beef production. In many cultures, cattle are still used to measure people’s wealth and...
Sernick 42nd Sernick Bonsmara Auction Results
Sernick Bonsmara, part of the Sernick Group hosted their 42nd Production Auction on Friday 5 June 2020. The bull that fetched the highest price at auction was lot 9 and...
The Importance of Networks for SMME’s
Networking can be one of the best (and cheapest) ways of marketing your business, but is, sadly, undervalued by South African SMME’s. Robert Kiyosaki wrote: “The richest people in...
PART 8: ANNUAL PLANTED PASTURE FOR THE RED MEAT PRODUCERS
Prof C S Dannhauser ANNUAL SUMMER GRASSES The annual, summer grasses are limited to: Hybrid Pearl millet (Baster Babala), Teff and Forage sorghums (Voersorghum). Hybrid Pearl Millet (Baster Babala) ...
PART 7: PERENNIAL SUMMER PLANTED PASTURE FOR THE RED MEAT PRODUCERS
Prof C S Dannhauser WHY PLANTED PASTURES? It is a well-known fact that veld is the cheapest source of roughage for livestock. However in some areas problems exist that...
PART 6: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANTED PASTURES
Prof Chris Dannhauser Pasture seeds are normally small and do not geminate as easy and as quick as maize seed for example. In most cases farmers use old crop...
