Practical guides for cattle farmers in Botswana — written from how the work actually runs at the kraal and the crush. Free to read.

Herd health

• Withdrawal Periods Explained: Never Sell a Treated Beast Too Soon
  What a withdrawal period is, why it protects your sale at the abattoir, and how to track it for every treated animal.
• Dipping Cattle: Rotating Acaricides to Beat Tick Resistance
  Ticks build resistance when you use one chemical group too long. How to rotate acaricides and keep a dip record that proves it.
• A Working Cattle Vaccination Calendar for Botswana Farmers
  How to build a vaccination calendar that fits your calving season, and keep proof of every shot given.

Breeding & feed

• Calving Season: What to Record and Why It Pays
  The handful of things worth writing down at calving — and how they tell you which cows are earning their grazing.
• Is Your Feed Paying? Average Daily Gain and Cost of Gain Explained
  Average daily gain and cost of gain in plain terms, so you can prove whether the lucerne and licks are worth the money.

Compliance & security

• Brands, BAITS Tags and Movement Permits: Keeping Your Papers in Order
  Your letshwao, BAITS tag numbers, brand certificate and movement paperwork — what to keep and how to have it ready.
• The Muster Routine: Count Your Herd and Catch Losses Early
  A repeatable muster routine that finds a missing beast in days rather than months, and proves ownership when you do.

Records & money

• Records That Make Your Herd Bankable
  Cattle are wealth, but a lender or buyer wants proof. The records that turn a herd into an asset you can show.
• How to Start Keeping Cattle Records: A Practical First Week
  A practical order of work for getting an existing herd onto record — owners, animals, photos — without stalling on gaps.
• Why Photograph Every Beast: Building Your Farm’s Memory
  A paper book cannot show you the animal. Why a photo on every record changes how you find, prove and sell cattle.

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