Nkone Cattle Breeders Society of Zimbabwe Field Day
Nkone Cattle Breeders Society of Zimbabwe Field Day
VENUE: SWANDALE FARM NORTON
DATE: 22 MAY / TIME: 9.00AM
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Gerrit Van Der Pypenkamp Siyabuswa Nguni Stud (One of South Africa’s most fertile Nguni herds)
09:00 – 09:30 ARRIVE/TEA
09:30 – 09:40 MARK HOOK INTRODUCTION AND NORTON MANAGEMENT
09:40-10:15 GERRIT VAN DER PYPENKAMP FERTILITY IN THE NGUNI/NKONE
10:15-10:45 FIVET – DR O. CHOGA WINTER RUMINANT MANAGEMENT
10:45-11:15 TEA
11:15-11:45 GEORGE HULME HHN AND PUNGENI STUD RESULTS
11:45 MARK HOOK THANK YOU
12:30pm – END VIEW NKONE & DISCUSS BREED STANDARDS WITH GERRIT VAN DER PYPENKAMP
DIRECTIONS TO SWANDALE FARM, NORTON, FROM HARARE:
- From Harare take Bulawayo highway to norton.
- At Norton cross road/rail bridge and then turn right across dual carriageway into Murombedzi / Chinoyi Road.
- Proceed 400 metres and turn left, go past police station, and go for 7.45 kilometers, still on Chinoyi Road.
- Turn right off Chinoyi Road at this point, onto tar road just past the Welcome to Norton Coca Cola sign. Also, there is Clifford School sign at this turnoff.
- Go for 700 metres and cross the railway line.
- From the railway line proceed for 5.3 kilometers and turn left at security boom.
- Go for another 1.3 kilometers, past the end of tarmac onto dirt road.
- Turn right and go for 900 meters to swandale sheds.
- It takes plus or minus 1 hour to get there.
From Bulawayo, turn left into Chinoyi Road just before Norton road/rail bridge and Norton town and then proceed as per from 3.
*PLEASE ALL BRING CHAIRS