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<blockquote data-quote="botsfarmer" data-source="post: 1116597" data-attributes="member: 22064"><p>Hi from Botswana. I am managing a cattle farm located in south west Botswana. The soil is deep Kalahari sand. Carrying capacity is 10 ha per live stock unit (450 kg cow). The average rainfall is 350mm and falls in the summer anywhere from October to April. Temperatures vary from minus 7 in the winter to 44 centigrade in the summer. Cattle grass outside year round supplemented with home mixed licks.</p><p> The herd is made up of Brahman, Simmentaler, Sussex, Charolais and crosses. Most of the calves are finished in our feedlot and are then sold to the Botswana Meat Commision and are ultimately exported to the EU. <img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/008Copy_zpsed9fee33.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Cattle in the kraal. The cleared area is 2km long and is used for cutting hay for use in the feedlot.</p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/010Copy_zps82851970.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Brahman cross cow with Charolais sired calf.</p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/Untitled-1Copy_zpsb07b8224.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Some of the two year old heifers just before bulling. </p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/KuduMale2_zps63b3943a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Male kudu</p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/018Copy_zpsec5af28d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>cows and calves in the veld.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="botsfarmer, post: 1116597, member: 22064"] Hi from Botswana. I am managing a cattle farm located in south west Botswana. The soil is deep Kalahari sand. Carrying capacity is 10 ha per live stock unit (450 kg cow). The average rainfall is 350mm and falls in the summer anywhere from October to April. Temperatures vary from minus 7 in the winter to 44 centigrade in the summer. Cattle grass outside year round supplemented with home mixed licks. The herd is made up of Brahman, Simmentaler, Sussex, Charolais and crosses. Most of the calves are finished in our feedlot and are then sold to the Botswana Meat Commision and are ultimately exported to the EU. [img]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/008Copy_zpsed9fee33.jpg[/img] Cattle in the kraal. The cleared area is 2km long and is used for cutting hay for use in the feedlot. [img]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/010Copy_zps82851970.jpg[/img] Brahman cross cow with Charolais sired calf. [img]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/Untitled-1Copy_zpsb07b8224.jpg[/img] Some of the two year old heifers just before bulling. [img]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/KuduMale2_zps63b3943a.jpg[/img] Male kudu [img]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c250/botsfarmer/018Copy_zpsec5af28d.jpg[/img] cows and calves in the veld. [/QUOTE]
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