Local app helps farmers protect their livestock | IOL Business Report

CAPE TOWN - The financial impact of rising stock theft in South Africa has made it essential for farmers to use technology to stay a step ahead by keeping their herds in check, according to Marius van der Merwe, a director of the Alphawave Group and product manager of FarmRanger.

Van der Merwe said while most of the group’s client’s were sheep farmers, FarmRanger was also popular with a growing number of cattle farmers because of the rise of cattle theft in addition to the trend of sheep theft. However, if there were sets of animals in different camps on a farm, more than one collar was needed.

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