Breeding top Angora goats in the Southern Cape

While most Angora producers in the Southern Cape have given up farming these animals, brothers Jasper and Leon van der Westhuizen have achieved exceptional results.

Source Farmer's Weekly Reporter

Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 08:05
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Breeding top Angora goats in the Southern Cape
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AGRICULTURE NEWS - Since they started farming Angora goats at Amantis Landgoed in 2014, Jasper and Leon van der Westhuizen have broken the world record for the price of a bale of adult mohair several times, ending 2021 with a bale that fetched an astonishing R620/kg.

Their 400ha farm near Mossel Bay produces an average clip of 26mm, which is the industry standard for young goats.

Jasper says that Angora goats are not a popular choice with farmers in the Southern Cape, as they are difficult to manage, often escaping from their camps. Coming from the Karoo, however, he and Leon were used to farming Angoras, and see these goats as the future of livestock production.

Read the full article here on the Caxton Publication, Farmers Weekly

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