Category: POULTRY AND LIVESTOCK

Ensuring your chickens lay high-quality, healthy eggs starts with proper care and management. Here are ten key strategies to help your layers perform at their best: Offer a Nutritious Diet Feed your chickens a balanced diet rich in protein and calcium—both vital nutrients for robust eggshell formation and optimal egg production. Maintain a Reliable Water…

The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) remains cautiously optimistic for 2025, despite the ongoing challenges and uncertainties facing the sector, with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continuing to be a primary concern. The domestic poultry industry is valued at R65 billion (€3.36 billion), making it South Africa’s second-largest agricultural sector. It is also the country’s…

Defra has broadened its mandatory housing order to include additional regions in England, requiring poultry farmers and backyard bird keepers to house their birds indoors. From Sunday, February 16, farmers in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Cheshire, Merseyside, and Lancashire must comply with this rule due to the ongoing spread of bird flu. These counties join other areas…

Young Entrepreneur Transforms Poultry Business in Limpopo At just 28 years old, Clive Tigere has built a thriving poultry business in his hometown of Louis Trichardt, Limpopo, proving that success doesn’t always require leaving home to “go big.” Tigere, alongside his mother, Dr. Caroline Tigere, started their broiler operation in 2011 while he was still…

Livestock farming is a cornerstone of Africa’s agricultural sector, providing food, income, and employment to millions across the continent. Unlike in Western countries, where cattle, sheep, and pigs dominate, African livestock farming is more diverse, including indigenous cattle breeds, goats, sheep, camels, donkeys, and oxen—all uniquely adapted to different climates and farming systems. Africa’s Livestock Landscape Livestock…

The Livestock Intensification Project – South Western Mau, Kenya is a groundbreaking initiative designed to balance agricultural productivity with environmental conservation. As part of IDH’s Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes (ISLA) Kenya, this project is on a mission to restore and conserve 60,000 hectares of the Mau Forest by 2030, ensuring a greener and more sustainable future for generations to come.…

The Boran breed has recently become a hot topic in agricultural circles, following the record-breaking sale of the bull BH 18 749 Cyclone to Zimbabwean farmer Collen Tafireyi. The bull was purchased for a staggering R8 million at the Hurwitz Farming 10th Production Auction in August 2024. Tafireyi expressed his excitement, stating, “Cyclone is set…

Bulgarians love pork. The country’s pig production figures, however, do not reflect this preference: similar to other countries of the former Eastern Bloc, Bulgaria’s number of pigs took a nosedive when the country transitioned from a planned economy to a market economy. While the country’s farmers still kept 4.3 million pigs in 1990, the mark…

Farmer Florian Hoenmans-Leurs keeps his sows and their piglets in groups; all housing equipment stands for animal welfare and was purchased from Big Dutchman. In an interview full of information, the farmer explains why he selected the innovative AGILO farrowing system.

During the last Eima International, Faresin presented to the world its first self-propelled mixer wagon with 3 vertical augers: Leader PF3. A machine designed for large livestock farms born to be the synthesis of the best Faresin technologies dedicated to animal farming. The flagship of the range, initially offered in 30 and 36 cubic meters,…