In February 2014 I wrote this article about free choice mineral licks. Since then we have expanded the range of minerals that are available to our cattle and we also now have free choice minerals for our pigs and for our laying hens. The principle
There are many reasons why I settled on the Limousin as my beef breed of choice. Cross breeding, Raymond Blanc, suitability to my farm, not black, slow maturing and more income for the same expense. If you are not interested in any of these reasons
I was put in touch with these guys recently and if you click on those highlighted words (especially scroll down to the photos with their subtitles) you will get an erudite explanation of what the philosophical underpinning is to our grazing methodology. To understand what underlies
It has now become a habit to film in our pastures on the solstice. Last winter was here and the summer 2015 solstice was here. I held the camera too far away from my mouth at the beginning of the video, so the sound is
I am not trying to be smart with that title but if you watch both of these videos you will understand the title. You might not understand what I am saying in the first video so further down the page I mention the three salient points about
Apparently the beef price is about to go up by 60%. Ours is not moving. The reason our egg price is going up is that our input costs have gone up whereas on the beef side our production costs have remained the same. First I
Greetings. Our government hates farmers. It matters not if you are a black or white farmer, not a single policy from government is in place to help farmers which means that food prices will continue to go up and at some stage this will cause
Greetings. As per usual, this GoPro video is unedited. There are other videos from the butchery here and here. We also have many hens on our farm who live in Eggmobiles. There are some videos here. If you want to know all we have learnt
Attending a Sisonke performance always leaves me feeling inspired about the potential of the people we have in this country. It is the perfect antidote to the disappointment brought about by living under a government that cares nothing for it’s people and the environment. Click
As of next week, the 9th of Feb 2016, you can buy a range of our produce at our farm office between 12 and 2pm. Orders must be greater than R600. Once the order has been placed we will email you the invoice and once we
