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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...
PART 5: GOOD QUALITY HAY
Prof Chris Dannhauser Good Quality Hay, Pasture Consultant & Selected Seed Hay was produced as early as 550 years BC. Literature studies showed that the first hay in South...
Lengau Mothiane – Herd boy now director of his own business
From a herd boy in the fields near Heilbron to a successful entrepreneur focusing on farm infrastructure maintenance and provision in the greater Kroonstad area. That is the story...
PART 4: BEEF PRODUCTION FROM NATURAL VELD AND PLANTED PASTURES
Veld Management practices. Prof Chris S Dannhauser 4.1 INTRODUCTION We have seen in the first three articles of this series that grass species differ in terms of palatability and...
PART 3: BEEF PRODUCTION FROM NATURAL VELD AND PLANTED PASTURES
Management of different Natural Veld types. Prof Chris S Dannhauser 3.1 INTRODUCTION In the first two parts of this series different groups of grasses and different growing stages of...
