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    Reading the veld

    Feb 25, 2022 3 minutes

    Knowing the phase that your farm, camps or sections of camps are in will help you understand the general condition of the veld, its grazing capacity and its realistic stocking rate. It will also help you to plan management strategies for each section.

    THE THREE GRASSVELD STAGES

    The main phases of succession are the pioneer, subclimax and climax stages, with environmental stability increasing towards the climax stage, and vice versa. When veld reaches the pioneer stage, you might have to implement special

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