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Communal farming – Xhosa articles

NWGA production advisors have written articles to assist communal farmers with farming more profitably. The following topics were covered:

  • Animal health.
  • Shearing shed management.
  • Breeding.

Animal health

Dose and inoculation

Why is it important to dose and inoculate my sheep?
Why is it necessary to dip sheep? 

Shearing shed management

Wool contamination

How to stop wool contamination.
Wool contamination: Phumlani Sawula.
Wool contamination: GN Nkomo.

Wool classing

Why is it necessary to class wool properly?
Why is it important to class wool properly?

Breeding management

Rams

Why is it important to use good-quality rams?

Lambs

The importance of castrating ram lambs.

Nutrition

The reasons why animals lose weight in winter and gain it again in summer.
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