Sheep farming in a severe drought

The current drought, as so many before, is a serious threat to livestock farmers. Overberg sheep farmer, Thys Delport talked to Glenneis Kriel about practical, proactive ways in which a sheep farmer can survive the drought.

By Glenneis Kriel

10 Jul 2015

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Drought is a fact of life - and death - in South Africa, and the current drought is certainly no exception. After parts of North West and the Northern Cape received below-average rainfall for three consecutive years, their livestock was saved only after farmers elsewhere in the country donated feed.

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