ditto for me. Cattle or sheep. Problem though if you dont have a big herd you have a long payback time and need a cash crop to keep you going between sales. I lived for 20 years on a sugar estate and most farmers supplimented with a bit of timber. I live in Natal Midlands. Perfect country for it. I would never go dairy though. Those guys have a tough time. A lot of locals are going for chickens but again a lot of PT involved and you have to go large scale to make it viable.
Stock theft is also a big problem in Kzn and close to the Lesotho border is worse. A local sheep farmer reckons there hardly a day he isn't having to chase people off the farm trying to scoop his sheep. granted its on a busy road on the way to Lesotho.
I can only comment on my experience of local conditions. I dont know what crop farmers in Free state/Gauteng experience.
Also game farming seems to be popular now days.
