Francis Grogan moved to Zambia from Ireland in 1991 after applying for a meat factory management position he saw in the newspaper. He soon started working with Zambian Carl Irwin who had just qualified as a chartered accountant, and in 1994 the two started Zambeef. Today the company has grown into a US$300m plus business, and is a market leader in the production, processing, distribution and retailing of beef, chicken, pork, milk and dairy products, eggs, edible oils, stock feed, flour and bread.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: Meet Francis Grogan, Co-Founder and CEO of Zambeef Products Plc 

The beef cattle requires energy, proteins, minerals, vitamins and water in specified quantities every day. The resources are for normal body maintenance, including waste removal, growth including weight gain, reproduction and movement.

Animals in a feedlot are managed in a manner that ensures they use most of their nutrient resources for body maintenance and weight gain.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: The Business of Pen Fattening 

The Scientific name of ostrich is ‘Struthio Camelis.’ Ostrich is the biggest bird among all the bird species. They also produce the largest eggs. An adult male ostrich weighs between 63 - 130kg (140 - 290lbs) and an adult female ostrich weighs about 155kg (340lbs). Adult male ostrich feathers are black coloured, primary and caudal feathers are white coloured. Female and baby ostrich feather can be of grey or white coloured. The neck of both male and female ostriches is almost featherless.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: Why Not Try Out Ostrich Farming?

Fish farming has made a lot of progress in the last few years. It has already been honored as one of the lucrative businesses all across the world. The nutrition-conscious world is highly in demand for fishes as it is a great source of food as well as protein. Along with this, the growing population is further leading to a growing appetite for fish all over the world. Undeniably the world has entered a different and quite restrictive phase after the outburst of the pandemic. And meeting the growing demand for fish in such circumstances has created massive challenges for the suppliers.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: Fish Farming to Witness Notable Growth Post Pandemic with New Approaches and Initiatives

MOST times, farmers or intending farmers think about land, capital, breeds, disease control, vaccination, farm structures and other requirements that they look at as more important than others. However, to the contrary, research and experience show that the most valuable and important resource of all, the Human resource is given little attention.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: 40 Tips on Management of Farm Employees 

Approximately 85% of a rabbit’s diet should be grass/good quality hay, 10% leafy green vegetables and only 5% pellets or nuggets.

Feeding rabbits is actually simple and straightforward. The best diet for rabbits is one that mimics their natural grass-based diet in the wild as closely as possible. This means they should be fed unlimited good quality hay or grass, and some leafy green vegetables and herbs, which can be supplemented with a small measured amount of nuggeted or pelleted feed.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: A Step by Step Guide to Feeding Rabbits 

On average, women represent 43 percent of the world's agricultural labour force according to the U.N Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). These hard-working women produce more than half of the world's food, despite being less than half of the labour force.

You cannot define success in agriculture without women. These days when you browse through the internet on farming and agriculture, you will notice that the majority of successful farmers and upcoming farmers are female.

This podcast contends that women play a key role in agriculture. The podcast is also available as a blog post here: Feminization of Agriculture 

Getting and keeping good workers is a challenge every farm owner or manager has to deal with on a daily basis. Good workers are hard to find, so when you get one, you have to do everything possible to retain them. This podcast explains how you can do such that!

The podcast is also available as a blog post here: 6 Tips on How to Retain Good Farm Workers

Wheat is the most important grain crop and a staple food for more than one-third of the world population. The major area of the wheat in Pakistan lies in Punjab followed by Sindh. However, the yield per hectare is slightly higher in Sindh as compared to Punjab. It ranks first as a cereal crop in the country being followed up by rice only in acreage and production. Wheat crop is subjected to several diseases, which are responsible for reducing its overall production to a great extent because wheat plants in all stages of growth and all-natural environments are subject to various mechanical, environmental, physiologic and biological stresses that interfere with their normal growth and development. Weather, toxicants, pollutants, insects, viruses, fungi, nematodes, bacteria and weeds are primary hazards to wheat production.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: Diseases of Wheat 

Determining the age of a goat is easy to do for the first few years of its life. The procedure is called toothing a goat.

A goat has no teeth in the upper front of its mouth, but it has eight teeth in the lower front. The size and condition of these eight teeth is the best gauge to determine the goat's age.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: How to Identify the Age of Your Goat