Increase in livestock activities

After a number of years of being rather wary of keeping livestock along the Lesotho border we have, now that the Army have established a camp on the farm, decided to increase our livestock activities.  These are concentrated around sheep and cattle.  As far as the cattle are concerned we have our herd of long horned Afrikaners which we breed for working purposes, i.e. hauling wagons etc.  We then have a conventional beef herd which comprises mostly Red Sussex/Bonsmara type cattle.

As far as our sheep are concerned we use German Merinos and have recently purchased three robust rams whose pictures appear in the gallery below.

Grazing in one of the many valleys on the farm, i.e. on land not suitable for arable farming.

  The three new German Merino rams.

 All cattle are brought in at night for security purposes.

 The fertility component from livestock is very useful for the farm.

 Some mothers aren’t as motherly as they should be.

 One of our farm bred and reared Afrikaner oxen.

  We have a very large number of calves on the farm, all born in the August/September period. 

We are well equipped.