{"id":119,"date":"2018-05-29T12:26:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T12:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/?p=119"},"modified":"2018-05-29T12:26:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T12:26:15","slug":"an-insight-into-the-south-african-beef-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/2018\/05\/29\/an-insight-into-the-south-african-beef-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"An insight into the South African beef industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) <a href=\"http:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:http:\/\/www.daff.gov.za\/Daffweb3\/Portals\/0\/Statistics%2520and%2520Economic%2520Analysis\/Statistical%2520Information\/Trends%2520in%2520the%2520Agricultural%2520Sector%25202017.pdf\">trends in agricultural sector report 2017,<\/a>\u00a0the country&#8217;s cattle is 80% beef, where 41% is owned by small-scale and the communal sector. Top beef supply is from the Eastern Cape, Kwa-Zulu, Free State and North West provinces, where herds vary from less than 20 to 4000 especially in feedlots (producing 75% beef in the country).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common Small-holder\/ Communal farmer cattle<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-image-120 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/ci_69517989-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/ci_69517989-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/ci_69517989.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Typical Small-holder or Communal farmer herd<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_121\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121\" class=\"wp-image-121 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/nguni-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/nguni-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/nguni-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/nguni-1-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/nguni-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South African Nguni Breed<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_122\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-image-122 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/brahman-cattle-breed-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/brahman-cattle-breed-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/brahman-cattle-breed-624x387.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/thembelihle-collethy-fakude\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2018\/05\/brahman-cattle-breed.jpg 645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brahman Breed<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) trends in agricultural sector report 2017,\u00a0the country&#8217;s cattle is 80% beef, where 41% is owned by small-scale and the communal&#8230; 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