A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Conradie, Beatrice | |
| dc.contributor.author | Landman, Abraham | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa ; Western Cape ; Laingsburg | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-17T13:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-17T13:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper investigated the relative financial performance of woolled and mutton sheep and the determinants of woolled sheep ownership for 34 full-time sheep farms in Laingsburg South Africa, where rainfall is only 128 millimetres per annum. A comparison of fourteen woolled sheep flocks and eight similar sized mutton flocks revealed 1) a slightly but insignificantly higher unit production cost for wool producers, 2) a 21% but insignificantly higher net farm income per breeding ewe for woolled sheep, 3) a significantly lower tagging percentage for woolled sheep and 4) a significantly lower predation percentage for woolled sheep. The percentage of woolled sheep in the flock was a logit function of farm size, size of the irrigated (crop) area, tradition and terrain ruggedness, although the latter was not significant. Farmers in extensive grazing areas should take notice of woolled sheep’s ability to compete and the wool industry should pay attention to further improving the reproductive performance of this sheep type. The finding of woolled sheep’s apparent lower susceptibility to predators deserves further study as it could become a strong argument for why farmers ought to switch (back) to woolled sheep. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Conradie, B., & Landman, A. (2013). <i>A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa</i> (CSSR Working Paper Series ; 331). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Survey Unit. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8575 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Conradie, Beatrice, and Abraham Landman <i>A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa.</i> CSSR Working Paper Series ; 331. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Survey Unit, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8575 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Conradie, B., Landman, A. 2013. A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa. CSSR Working paper ; 331. Cape Town: Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-77011-317-6 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Conradie, Beatrice AU - Landman, Abraham AB - This paper investigated the relative financial performance of woolled and mutton sheep and the determinants of woolled sheep ownership for 34 full-time sheep farms in Laingsburg South Africa, where rainfall is only 128 millimetres per annum. A comparison of fourteen woolled sheep flocks and eight similar sized mutton flocks revealed 1) a slightly but insignificantly higher unit production cost for wool producers, 2) a 21% but insignificantly higher net farm income per breeding ewe for woolled sheep, 3) a significantly lower tagging percentage for woolled sheep and 4) a significantly lower predation percentage for woolled sheep. The percentage of woolled sheep in the flock was a logit function of farm size, size of the irrigated (crop) area, tradition and terrain ruggedness, although the latter was not significant. Farmers in extensive grazing areas should take notice of woolled sheep’s ability to compete and the wool industry should pay attention to further improving the reproductive performance of this sheep type. The finding of woolled sheep’s apparent lower susceptibility to predators deserves further study as it could become a strong argument for why farmers ought to switch (back) to woolled sheep. DA - 2013-12 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Sheep farming KW - Sheep industry KW - Wool industry LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 SM - 978-1-77011-317-6 T1 - A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa TI - A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8575 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8575 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Conradie B, Landman A. A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa. 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8575 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Social Survey Unit | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | CSSR Working Paper Series ; 331 | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | Sheep farming | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Sheep industry | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Wool industry | en_ZA |
| dc.title | A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Working paper | en_ZA |