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For interest, on the subject of hide damage, in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, we were paid a premium for branding on the neck or lower leg, I always had my registered brand on the right side of the neck, with the birth date code on the left.

I was in South West Matabeleland province of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe as indicated by Burnt, 4 Diamond much of Alans' work was still in progress with the regeneration of veld being the primary aim, mainly through short duration grazing in fenced cells or small paddocks. Some of the earlier setbacks...

The Kalahari bushveld used to produce a vast amount of fodder, the outbreak of Rinderpest in 1896 led to the start of deterioration of the foliage cover due to the kill of most of the ungulates in the system. When I bought my land in the early 70's this problem had been increased due to...

My chief aim during the 70's - before the Holistic concept had fully developed - was to get the grass back to what it had been 60+ years before, and restore the wildlife to historic numbers and varieties, several antelope species had disappeared as the environment deteriorated. A former...

Unless there is a difference between native breeds and commercial, there was a drop in overall consumption when I tried free choice over pre mix without any loss in production. It was easier when I was deployed for long periods, to have an illiterate herdsman top up minerals rather than having...

I have tried different systems in different environments from desert through to temperate climate. Bespoke mixes for different seasons worked well enough but I feel a free choice loose mix works better and in the long term is cheaper, they take what they need, and are not having to take up...

For my CIA's and I every day is memorial day, we have our facebook pages where we post the daily rolls of honour, and comment on our close comrades on our unit page. We have a page specifically dedicated to PTSD where we can "meet" and chat as a group who have been there together and so "speak...

Does anyone have feedback on this series?

Has anyone found any helpful information from this conference?

http://www.savoryinstitute.com/events/international-conference/2014-london-conference/ Some interesting topics from some well known names, well worth the time to watch the lectures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJinY9-FBic This might be of interest to those practising grass based beef production, and high density/regenerative grazing. Johann is one of the rare breed being an academic who is a hands on rancher.

Has anyone kept records to see which cattle in the herd are not affected so as to select resistant stock and reduce the incidence of infection over a period of time? In commercial herds, introducing a % of resistant genetics into the breeding program?

Johann has been doing some great work with his breeding programs, using adapted and tailored breeds and composites for different environments.

Think outside of the box and take a totally different view on selection; http://sangacattle.webs.com/apps/forums/topics/show/7654551-veldmaster-breeding

Do we want all breeds to test to a similar standard to that of the Bonsmara? http://www.bonsmara.co.za/articles.php?pid=publications

Protecting local jobs and keeping the money in the local economy is certainly a more important consideration than supporting a foreign based "American" brand. The problem with Smithfields is that they have traditionally used a majority of cheap imported labour rathet than local citizens, until...

I agree with the comments that this is a good time to look to buying locally and boycotting Smithfields - the Chinese probably intend exporting as much of the Smithfield production back to China anyway! The production on the Murphy farms has long been inefficient with adherence to the manual...

Pigs also rely on heterosis to improve performance, using F1 damlines and often F1 terminal sires, cattle producers are still strongly opposed to using crossbred bulls. I have both purebred heritage breed pigs and hybrids on the outdoor unit.

Fishing, playing highland pipes and m'biri, take the little lady to the theatre when there is a good play or band preforming.

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