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Cyclone, a Boran bull from the well-known Hurwitz Farming at Davel in Mpumalanga, achieved a record price yesterday at this farm’s 10th Boran production auction at the Bull Ring Auction House.

Leading thinkers on conservation agriculture – from scientists to farmers – gathered at the Cape Town International Convention Centre last week for the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (9WCCA), co-hosted by African Farming and its sister magazine, Landbouweekblad.

Leading thinkers on conservation agriculture – from scientists to farmers – gathered this week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre for the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (9WCCA), co-hosted by African Farming and its sister magazine, Landbouweekblad.

Leading thinkers on conservation agriculture – from scientists to farmers – gathered this week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre for the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (9WCCA), co-hosted by African Farming and its sister magazine, Landbouweekblad.

The 2nd annual Better Beef production sale by five mainly Brahman and Simmentaler studs and three guest sellers achieved satisfactory prices.

Royd Miselo, farmer and teacher of conservation agriculture for the youth and families in Zambia, was one of the key-note speakers in a panel discussion on the challenges to small-scale farmers. This is part of the ninth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, held in Africa for the first time and coming to an end tomorrow in Cape Town.

How did Zimbabwe end up with their best maize yield since 1984? By going smaller rather than bigger.

Tebogo Moilwa has always loved John Deere tractors. With John Deere Financial’s personalised financial solutions and support, Seleka Farm in Botswana can get the best John Deere equipment to flourish in and out of season. This is his story.

Embers blown from a chimney on Sunday reportedly started a runaway fire that left a swathe of devastation across more than 8 000 hectares of farmland in southern KwaZulu-Natal’s Swartberg district.

Two women breeders and their business partners set the top prices for quality genetics at the recent Damview Brahmans bull sale in KwaZulu-Natal.

KwaZulu-Natal’s important primary dairy value chain has taken a leaf out of the Southern Cape’s book and decided to host its own dairy festival.

Around 40-50% of South Africa’s national cattle herd is owned by communal and smallholder farmers. As part of the Inclusive Growth initiative, the Red Meat Industry Services (RMIS) aims to increase production by 35% by 2030.