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A NEW South African record was set for the price of beef on Wednesday evening at the Royal Agricultural Show. The champion beef carcass — a Bovelder cross, owned by Margental Reds and prepared for the Royal by students at the University of KwaZuluNatal — was sold to the Oyster

REGINA Harmse of the RCH Ile de France Stud in Ermelo took home the top prize in the Royal Show block test competition. For owning the winner carcass, she received a cash prize of R1 000, the Royal Show medallion, sash and champion certificate, as well as the Crafcor Hygrade

A model sheep enterprise on a modest farm By Estelle Sinkins GERT Lötter jnr’s trip from Hofmeyr in the Eastern Cape has proved to be well worth it for the White Dorper breeder, who took three of the top four prizes in the fat lamb competition at the Royal Agricultural