Royal Show Agricultural Guide 2018
The Royal Show Agricultural Guide 2018 keeps you up to date on the livestock component of the Royal Agricultural Show in Pietermaritzburg this year. The magazine will be updated with the results of judging and footage of events once the livestock section of the Show has ended.
The Royal Show Agricultural Guide 2018 keeps you up to date on the livestock component of the Royal Agricultural Show in Pietermaritzburg this year. The magazine will be updated with the results of judging and footage of events once the livestock section of the Show has ended.
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with European genetics, an Il de<br />
France, owned by Harmse, for<br />
R90/kg.<br />
The prices achieved in the lamb<br />
section were above the ruling<br />
price of R71/kg, but well below<br />
those achieved last year when the<br />
champion sold for R1 350/kg.<br />
Pork producers were given<br />
something to smile about at the<br />
<strong>Royal</strong>.<br />
In the wake of the listeriosis crisis,<br />
pork prices have plummeted<br />
and at Tuesday’s auction the ruling<br />
price was just R18/kg.<br />
Fortunately, there were some<br />
keen buyers in the audience and<br />
NHELC Farm saw their champion,<br />
a PIC, sell for R60/kg to the Oyster<br />
Box.<br />
The Umhlanga hotel also bought<br />
the first reserve champion, a<br />
Topig, bred by Craig McCord, for<br />
R55/kg, and the champion Landrace<br />
carcass, bred by Sibonelo<br />
Mlangeni, for R30/kg.<br />
SA Livestock snapped up Mc-<br />
Cord’s second reserve Topig for<br />
R28/kg, Butt Farming’s champion<br />
group of Topigs for R25/kg, and<br />
emerging farmer Sandile Mthethwa’s<br />
reserve champion PIC for<br />
R26/kg.<br />
McCord’s reserve champion<br />
group of Topigs went to Shaam’s<br />
Butchery for R26/kg.<br />
A total of 170 cattle, 133 lambs<br />
and 128 pigs were entered for the<br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Show</strong>’s prestigious red meat<br />
competition, described by many<br />
as one of the most prestigious<br />
events on the farming calendar.<br />
Hendrik Botha, of the Red Meat<br />
Producers Organisation, said it<br />
was important for them to be involved<br />
in the <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Show</strong> carcass<br />
competition because it was a way<br />
for them to give recognition to the<br />
time and effort taken by breeders<br />
to bring quality meat to market.<br />
He made special mention of the<br />
Vryburg farmers, commending<br />
them for taking the trouble to travel<br />
down to the show, adding that he<br />
hoped it would be the first of many<br />
more visits.<br />
— ESTELLE SINKINS,<br />
courtesy of The Witness<br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Show</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
Regina Harmse accepts her prize for breeding the best lamb with<br />
European genetics, an Il de France, from RAS President Mike<br />
Moncur. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER<br />
Tjaart Steenekamp from Twee Seuns Suffolks receives his prize<br />
for breeding the super lamb carcass at the <strong>Royal</strong> from RAS President<br />
Mike Moncur. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER<br />
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