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The country’s largest meat processing and marketing entity, Meatco, has announced its readiness to buy more cattle from farmers in the Northern Communal Area (NCA), but has maintained that farmers should first meet the set requirements and standards.
MANY rangeland plants contain chemicals that are poisonous to livestock when eaten. Poisonous plants vary in their toxicity and the symptoms displayed by affected
animals.
NOTING that it is a new year with so much hope and prospects for us farmers, what is most concerning to many of us is the lack of sufficient rain and concerns about whether we will get any more rain.
Before I get on with the first installment of Farmer’s Kraal for 2024, let me take this opportunity to wholeheartedly wish all our esteemed readers a prosperous and blessed new year; one which I hope will be filled with abundant rain and greenery.
Meatco, the country’s largest meat processing and marketing entity, has set plans in motion to revive and turn its Okahandja factory into a fully-fledged value-addition hub, intending to increase efficiencies and produce more value-added products and ready-to-eat goods.
Namibia is looking to cut down on the growing import bill of vegetable oils, especially for the most commonly-consumed oils such as sunflower oil, palm oil, soybean oil, olive oil and canola oil.
The festive season is the best time of the year for everyone – not only is it the time to take a break from the pressures of the year, but it is also a time to spend time and create memories with your loved ones.
The rearing of poultry – be it chickens, quails, ducks, geese and turkeys – can be an exciting endeavour.
Small-scale young farmers, especially those in deep rural areas, will be some of the biggest beneficiaries of Agribank and Germany’s Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) Development Bank’s N$400 million concessional loan agreement.
The Namibian small livestock sector recorded positive growth during the third quarter of 2023, which saw sheep and goat meat industries posting favourable quarterly marketing figures in comparison to the third quarter of 2022.