I think it’s safe to say Winter is a good season for my chickens considering the fact that summer didn’t treat me well but we still standing akhonto 💚💚 #FarmingTwitter
Nothing will ever beat determination, with no funding, I finally made it to my first havest, the support I got was from farmers in Brits, and tonight I rejoice making my first delivery to the Tshwane market
Minimum temp for day old 32 degrees which gradually decreases till they get to 14 days. Typical signs that the house is cold is piling which leads to mortality. Wen the temp is just write its Fiesta n babies run around freely
This evening i shared my thoughts about dairy farming on #farmspaces . We discussed many important issues on how to start and manage this project. My point of view was based on 4 factors
1. Choice ( breed)
2. Love for cows
3. Profit maximization
4. Market
In case you didn’t Know:
The following agricultural implements are EXEMPT from VAT:
- Tractors
-Ploughs
- Harrows, Scarifies, Cultivators, Weeders and Hoes
- Seeders, Planters and Transplanters
- Manure spreaders and fertilizer distributors
- Rotavators and Rippers
PRICING
We will break this subject into 2 parts: Broilers and Layers
We will not use complicated economics terms or calculations, the idea is to ensure that it become very basic and understandable. At the end we should be in a position to do our own calculations.
Let us go..
- First frame April 29th - Frame 2,3 & 4 May 29th.
- Spinach are affected by heavy rains, hence avoid open field transplanting during the rainy season.
- On my kitchen garden, I use Spring Onions as a Bio-fence to avoid Snails from eating Spinach leaves. #UkulimaSioUshamba