Bathurst Agricultural Show cancels live cattle exhibitions due to ongoing foot-and-mouth disease risk While the Bathurst Agricultural Show remains on track to deliver a full programme of family-friendly activities, agricultural displays,…
Whether it’s four legs or four wheels that make your blood race, the excitement is scaled up for this year’s Bathurst Agricultural Show at the Bathurst Showgrounds, 26-29 March 2026. The beloved Bathurst Horse Show returns for the full…
In the two months since Bathurst cattle owners made a desperate plea for aid to save their animals, 10 more cattle have died and there are daily reports of weak animals collapsing from hunger and thirst. In a particularly grim and…
In the first sale of the year at the Bathurst Showgrounds, Hobson & Co auctioned 26 cattle on Tuesday February 11. There was a small but serious buyer cohort for the sale where heifers 211-250kg attracted the highest bids, settling at an…
In an attempt to be proactive in managing uncontrolled fires, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has to date registered 217 Fire Protection Associations (FPAs). “The department is empowered by the National…
“A huge loss” and “a travesty” is how insiders have described the demise of Alexandria’s single biggest employer, chicory farming and processing. Brought to its knees by cheap imports and financial difficulties, the 130-year-old local…
In further efforts to prevent the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), the Department of Agriculture has declared a Disease Management Area (DMA), which includes part of the Kouga and Kou-Kamma Municipalities in the Eastern Cape. This…
The state vet is vaccinating all cattle on the Humansdorp farm where a high number of cases of foot and mouth disease have been detected. Chief director of veterinary services Dr Cebisa Mnqeta has has asked livestock owners to be alert to…
The freakiest, the heaviest and the tastiest are some of the titles to be awarded to pineapples during the Bathurst Agricultural Show (22-24 March). The outrageously funky fruit provides entertainment value just by the way it looks –…
Everyone loves watching the horses in action in the showjumping arena at the Bathurst Agricultural Show (22-24 March 2024) – but not everyone knows how much hard work and quick thinking is behind a clear round Discipline, fitness,…
Make your own braai hook under the supervision of a real-life blacksmith; watch mielies being ground – and then take home a bag of mielie meal; and watch a frontier-era wagon wheel getting its metal “tyre” fitted; and buy piping-hot…
Goats, sheep, pigs and poultry will be on display at the Bathurst Agricultural Show, March 22-24, 2024. Leading the flock when it comes to small livestock will be Boer goats. What’s special about Boer goats? A lot, it turns out, as Talk…
Every year, hundreds of stalls packed with things to see and buy pop up on the Bathurst Showgrounds like seedlings after the rain. New shoots has very much been the theme of the Bathurst Agricultural Society which has been step by step…
Mark the dates in your diary: the 2024 Bathurst Agricultural Show from March 22-24 2024 is going to be even better than before. That’s according to show president Neil Scott, who says show patrons can expect the best and oldest BAS…
BULELANI NONYUKELA The South African poultry industry has lost more than 7.5-million chickens due to bird flu, placing the second biggest agricultural industry under severe economic strain. Listen to industry specialist and government:…
The Bathurst Agricultural Show 2023 in pictures and videos…
No fridges or luxuries for past Bathurst Show entrepreneurs Part three of The Road to the Bathurst Show: a series of excerpts from Ben Bezuidenhout’s book, Simply the Best Each year brought improvements and additions to the showground in…
The most severe power cuts ever experienced in South Africa are threatening food and water supplies and disrupting the lives of millions of people, including chicken farmers. In the poultry industry, electricity outages have forced…
The demand for slaughter cattle is very good with slaughter cattle still proving very expensive at the recent Hobson & Co sale at the Bathurst Showgrounds. The average price for four slaughter bulls was R15 225.00. A total of 128 animals…
