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Banamile’s Simmental herd.
crossbreeds, he sells at P9, 000 each;
pregnant pure females at P15, 000 each
while pure females at around P 11,000.
Banamile applauded some local
farmers who are into practising stud
breeding as that can elevate the local
market of quality genes. He believes the
beef industry is still open and promising
as the government is in support of
farmers and regularly introduces
subsidy during the drought seasons.
CHALLENGES
One of the threats to Banamile’s
Simmental farming are predators and
droughts of all these years. He said wild
dogs (Makanyane) usually ravage his
The market
remains smiling
for Banamile
despite many
economic factors
that come with
coronavirus
business,
disruptions and
the separate
dynamics of supply
and demand
affecting prices.
stock coming from the Khutse Game
Reserve, situated in Kitiya, just near his
cattle post which is proximal to Salajwe.
While wild dogs can be avoided by
the use of horses to scare them away
Banamile said for combating drought,
farmers in his region have formed an
association called 11 to encourage each
farmer to plough for drought seasons
and buy enough supplements well in
advance. Covid-19 also became the
other plight to cattle farming, according
to Banamile. He said due to Covid-19,
agriculture shows, which are platforms
of selling and buying of livestock and
benchmarking from other farmers, were
cancelled since last year. MBW
30 MorataBW March 2021