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Red Meat / Rooivleis
Volume 7, Issue 4, 2016
Red Meat / Rooivleis - Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2016
Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2016
Hoe lyk jou vangnet? : let's talk / kom ons praat
Author Gerhard Schutte
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7 (2016)
Omdat die natuurlike hulpbron die grondslag van 'n veeboer se besigheid is, is die bestuur daarvan sy alfa en omega. Die ernstige droogte wat ons die afgelope jaar beleef het, het weer gewys dat 'n konserwatiewe benadering ten opsigte van veelading beslis die regte een is.
Author Fanie Van Rooyen
Wees tog net versigtig, my seun.
Dit is hoe ek grootgemaak is. Wees versigtig, wees paraat, maak voorsiening, maak seker, dink voor jy doen, kyk voor jy loop, ens. ens.
Readers' survey 2016
Marktendense by bees- en skaapvleis : marktendense
Author Pieter Cornelius
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 8 –11 (2016)
Die netto produsenteprys (plaashekprys) van medium- tot ligte speenkalwers (190 kg to 240 kg) het in Mei 2016 in totaal met 0,2% teenoor dié van die vorige maand gedaal. Die impak van die droogte kan egter duidelik gesien word aan die huidige prysvlakke van speenkalwers vanaf Februarie 2015 tot Mei 2016 wat relatief hoog is gemeet teenoor die gemiddelde pryse oor drie jaar - wat dui op 'n onderaanbod op die mark. Die gemiddelde speenkalfprys in Mei was ook 0,2% (R0,03/kg) hoër as die voorspelde prys vir Mei, soos vermeld in die vorige verslag (Vol. 7 No.3).
Red meat market analysis : ABSA Agri
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 13 –15 (2016)
The livestock industry remains under stress as a result of the prevailing drought. With the arrival of winter, livestock producers remain in a challenging environment as there is not enough feed for their animals. La Niña weather is expected in summer. This is associated with above-normal rains, which will be essential for replenishing soil moisture to levels that are beneficial for crops and livestock.
Safe landing : a post-drought future vision for the SA red meat industry
Author Michael Bradfield
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 18 –23 (2016)
The current drought has understandably driven many red meat producers to a state of despair. The industry now needs to take stock and think carefully about where we are at internationally, and what future opportunities may help red meat producers make a safe landing after a decidedly stormy flight.
Impak van die droogte : slegs seisoensrus kan jou weiveld red
Authors: Amie Aucamp and Hennie Snyman
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 26 –31 (2016)
Die rampdroogte van die 2015/2016-groeiseisoen het 'n ingrypende impak op elke huishouding in die land. Geen Suid-Afrikaner kan daaraan ontsnap nie. Ons veeprodusente is veral swaar getref. Dit sal talle boere etlike jare neem om finansieel te herstel. Aangesien menige veeprodusent tans onder groot finansiële druk verkeer, is die versoeking groot om korttermynbesluite te neem wat oor die lang termyn groot negatiewe gevolge kan inhou. Lees hier hoe om dit te vermy.
A tad worrisome : preventing transboundary animal diseases (TADs) in the SADC region
Author Juanita Van Heerden
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 32 –35 (2016)
Livestock in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) accounts for 20% to 40% of the region's agricultural gross domestic product and holds a high social and economic value for the region's rural communities. In 2013 an estimated 60% of the SADC population depended on livestock for providing them with a livelihood. Estimates by the SADC Secretariat indicated that the average annual consumption of meat is about to more than double over the next 10 to 15 years (SADC, 2013). TADs therefore pose a serious threat to the region unless adequate preventive measures are put in place.
RPO Vleisflitse / RPO Meat minute
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 36 –37 (2016)
Skaapvleis SA vergesel Jan Braai op Braaitoer 2016!
Wolftrap Steakhouse Champion of 2016 crowned
Implementering van hersiene invoerregulasies
Cattle resources website updated
Uitslae van Junie se Proveld Bonsmara-produksieveiling
Nuus uit die provinsies
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 38 –44 (2016)
Die onderskeie jaarkongresse van die RPO-streekkantore in Noordwes, die Noord-Kaap en die Vrystaat is goed bygewoon en het 'n platform gebied waar verskeie pertinente kwessies in die bedryf bespreek is.
Fokus op veilings
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 45 –54 (2016)
Dancing when the fires rise
Author Andries Wiese
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 58 –61 (2016)
South African Working on Fire teams recently sang and danced their way into the hearts of Canadians and, despite the subsequent wage issues, added real value in the fight against runaway bush fires in that country. When asked why they danced in spite of their wage woes, their reply was simple: "We sing when we are happy, sad, working, tired and when we rest". Fire poses a major and often overlooked safety risk to farmers, but if you have the proper precautions in place you too might be dancing when the fires rise.
Health and safety : is your farm up to scratch?
Author Elmari Lemmer
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 62 –65 (2016)
Accidents happen, but many can be avoided if health and safety standards and best practices are maintained. The Occupational Health and Safety Act regulates health and safety in the workplace to ensure a safe and risk-free working environment. In the case of an incident, it is vital to follow correct procedures in handling, as well as reporting, the incident in order to avoid penalties and fines.
Dít is wat predasie die land kos
Die impak van predasieverliese op Suid-Afrika is uiters nadelig en kan nie langer ontken word nie. Prof. H.O. de Waal van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat se Departement Vee-, Wild- en Weidingkunde het syfers hieroor verstrek.
Newgro : werkersbemagtiging wat vrugte dra
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 68 –69 (2016)
Baie boere is op soek na sinvolle, volhoubare maniere om hul werkers te bemagtig. Met die innoverende Newgro-bemagtigingsprogram het Piet Karsten van Karsten Group met 'n model vorendag gekom wat oor geslagte heen vrugte kan dra.
Work water wise (and save on costly irrigation tech) : production
Authors: Vaughan Koopman and Marc Mulder
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 70 –75 (2016)
Considering the fundamentals of efficient water use before you invest in high-tech irrigation technology can yield positive results and potentially save you a small fortune.
Selection as a strategy for improving resistance to parasites in sheep : production
Author Schalk Cloete
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 76 –79 (2016)
Research is showing the resistance of sheep to parasites, both internal and external, is heritable. Selection could therefore be used to breed sheep that are better equipped to combat parasites.
When 'Baaa!' becomes 'Brrr!' : provide shelter to reduce cold stress in newborn lambs : production
Authors: Ansie Scholtz and Schalk Cloete
Source: Red Meat / Rooivleis 7, pp 80 –83 (2016)
Wild animals in their natural habitat are mostly able to find their own shelter. In contrast, farmed animals often have less satisfactory options, leaving them with limited protection from wind, rain and/or snow. It has been well documented that bad weather - the combination of wind and rain, coupled with low temperatures - causes high mortality in vulnerable animals such as newborn lambs and recently shorn sheep. Lamb losses can be particularly high during short spells of inclement weather, which may coincide with peak lambing in autumn, winter or spring. In preventing these kinds of losses, adequate shelter can make a world of difference.