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Small-scale pig farmer implements commercial practices

Buti Malinga, together with his sister, Cathy, started Vukani Piggery in 2008 with nine sows after they acquired the 154ha farm, Bronkhorstfontein, near Vanderbijlpark...

Limpopo hatchery goes to the next level

Anybody who believes in the motto ‘go big or go home’ has clearly never met 28-year-old Clive Tigere. He is going big in his...

First-aid basics for small-scale poultry farmers

The term ‘small-scale poultry farmer’ covers micro-, small- and medium-sized broiler and egg production units. The South African Poultry Association classifies a small-scale broiler...

Using micro-organisms to improve profitability in poultry production

As more and more producers realise the benefits of using large populations of micro-organisms on their farms, so the number of different ways to...

Egg production: get it right from the start!

Eggs are the fourth-largest animal production industry in South Africa after poultry meat, beef and milk. With the country’s per capita consumption at about...

Broiler production: Cashing in on the huge demand for live birds

When you produce large numbers of chickens on a tight margin, the potential for sudden huge losses, in terms of both birds and money,...

The not-so-easy business of making a profit from quail

Cape Town boxing club owner Arran Mckenzie, owner of Mckenzie Quail Farm in Atlantis, always dreamt of being self-sufficient, so he planted vegetables and...

Getting started with egg production

When Kobedi Pilane started farming in 2009, he had 2 000 broilers, as well as a few pigs. Although he had no formal training...

Care and caution keep poultry disease-free

Poultry farmer Ben-Chris Bronkhorst of Hazyview, Mpumalanga, is quick to point out that he is paranoid about the health of his chickens. “I keep an...

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