Listen to some of the latest news from the farming sector and learn about the articles featured in the 26 February issue of Farmer’s Weekly in this episode of the Weekly Wrap podcast, presented by Sindira Chetty.

This issue focuses on one of the oldest and purest cattle breeds, the Braunvieh. This breed was first introduced to South Africa 114 years ago and is known to thrive under some of the harshest conditions in the country. We speak to the owner of Witbek Braunvieh about the advantages of this hardy breed. Some other informative features to look out for include how to fight water scarcity and pollution through irrigation, new research reveals a surprising benefit that warthogs may hold for livestock producers, and an award-winning mango producer shares tips how to achieve stable yields by using tree manipulation.

Chetty also highlights some of the top-performing news articles of the week.

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