South African Agriculture Livestock Farming


The farm is the largest agricultural sector in South Africa with a population of about 13.8 million cattle and 28.8 million sheep. breeders concentrate on developing breeds that adapt well to different climatic and environmental conditions.Dairy agriculture: the milk is produced throughout South Africa, with most farms in eastern and upstate free, Northwest, Midlands KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and West, Gauteng and the southern part of Mpumalanga. The four major dairy breeds in South Africa are the Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey and the market for the dairy industry Ayrshire.The "important work in South Africa, with about 4 300 milk producers employing about 60 000 farm workers and indirectly create jobs for 40,000 people. Milk production for 2003/04 is estimated at 2 billion litres.Beef Farm: South Africa produces 85% of its meat requirements, with 15% is imported from Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Australia, New Zealand and the EU. Local demand is generally higher than production, although there are untapped reserves of Agriculture areas.Cattle ranch commune are mainly in the Eastern Cape, part of the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Northern Cape. beef breeds are the most popular indigenous Afrikaner and Nguni and locally developed and Bonsmara Drakensberg. European and American breeds such as Charolais, Hereford, Angus, Simmental, Sussex, Brahman and Santa Gertrudis are maintained as pure breeds or used in the cons-breeding.Sheep and goats: sheep farming is concentrated in the north and the South African Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State and Mpumalanga, Ermelo in Mpumalanga being one of the largest wool-producing districts. Fifty per cent of Merino sheep are fine wool. Other locally developed breeds Afrin, a breed of sheep adapted to arid conditions with wool, the merino sheep in South Africa and Dohn Merino Landrace. sheep in South Africa is produced by Dorper - a breed highly productive and locally developed in arid regions, sheep - and sheep are bred shearling Merino.Karakul driest areas, with some 20 173 pelts with a gross value of R3-million copies produced in 2002/03. The indigenous meat-producing Boer goat accounts for about 30% of all commercial goats. The Angora goat is used for mohair and production.Poultry Pork Poultry in South Africa and pigs are more intensive than the extensive sheep and livestock production, and are located near metropolitan areas of Gauteng, Durban, Pietermaritzburg , Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The predominant pig breeds are the South African Landrace, Large White, Duroc and Africa Pietrain.South annual production of poultry meat 960 000 tonnes. meat production represents about 82% of the total production of poultry meat, with the remainder consisting of mature chicken slaughter (slaughter), the small-scale production of poultry, ducks, geese, turkeys and other meat products specializing in white. Revenues from the production of poultry and eggs amounted to R11.3 billion in 2002/03.South Africa, 67% of world sales of ostrich products - leather, meat and feathers. The gross value of ostrich feathers and products during 2002/03 was R276.5-million.Game Agriculture: South Africa has more game and a greater variety of game species than most countries. Game farming has become over the years and today is a vital area with high economic potential. areas of the country's main game is in the province of Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga, Free State, Eastern Cape, the Karoo, the Kalahari Desert in the Northern Cape and KwaZulu-steppe Natal.A model production of descriptive game was developed to optimize the use of animals in intensive production farms of the game, with the possibility of increasing the overall production of the video game industry in% between 8% and 15 Aquaculture: . The aquaculture sector in South Africa continues to make significant progress in growing techniques, marketing strategy, marketing practices and scientific innovation. Mussels, trout, tilapia, catfish, oysters and waterblommetjies (Brasca Cape) are the main livestock species. Mussel farming occurs mainly at Saldanha Bay ....