It is important to minimise losses from disease and deaths – which should be lower than 1% – during feeding. This means that if you feed fewer than 100 calves, there should be no deaths, or you will not make a profit. The decision to feed calves in a farm…
Question: I want to start a feedlot for goats. Could you please tell me how to start the business, and how to develop feeding formulas? It isn’t easy to make a success of sheep and goat feedlots. It may seem odd, but you have to start at the end and…
Question: What is the effect of castration on the future development of an animal? Castration at a younger age has a bigger effect on growth, than when castration is done at a later age. Castration at the age of three months lengthens the growth process. This means the long bones…
Question: What are the advantages and disadvantages of different castration methods in calves? Bull calves have to be castrated as soon as possible and before reaching an age of two months. Different methods can be used. The purpose of castration is: To ensure the bull calves can’t breed or reproduce.…
Up to 300 head of cattle can be handled in a day by just three workers in this feedlot - a carefully planned wagon wheel set-up. Many years before hormone-free and growth stimulant-free meat became fashionable among the health conscious, André Ferreira of Bethlehem in the South African province of…
