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Kgalagadi Farmers’ Day – Tebogo Serapelwane

22 August 2024
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Sandile Nzuza, Breed Advisor At Bonsmara Sa, Took The Farmers Through An Auction Catalogue And How Best To Use A Catalogue When Planning To Buy Some Animals At A Production Auction.

Sandile Nzuza, breed advisor at Bonsmara SA, took the farmers through an auction catalogue and how best to use a catalogue when planning to buy some animals at a production auction.

About 200 livestock farmers from South Africa and Botswana gathered at Duncan Serapelwane’s farm, Taylor Span, in the sweltering Kgalagadi desert for a farmers’ day. Tebogo Serapelwane, Chief Research Technician at the Agricultural Research Council’s Vryburg bull testing station, gave advice on practical bull management.

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