Having bought a 300ha farm in the Marico Bushveld for R1 million, Ben Motsiane* was assisted by a seasoned agriculturalist in compiling a business plan and budget.

If you are buying a calf to raise for beef (for your freezer, or to resell when it gets larger), it’s usually best to choose a steer. Not only do steers grow faster than heifers, but in general they ...

The goal is not to replace farmers, but to give them tools that improve animal welfare and make farms more profitable.

How a cattleman’s frustration with paperwork and a passion for innovation led to Herd Advisor — an app turning ranch talk ...

Like anything else, prevention is preferable to treatment when dealing with scours among calves. Doctor of veterinary medicine and University of Minnesota Extension educator Joe Armstrong has some ...

Facial recognition technology isn’t limited to humans. Livestock are now getting their mugs snapped in order to help farmers monitor animal health, increase efficiency and improve traceability. This ...

Seaweed is once again showing promise for making cattle farming more sustainable. A study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed ...