‘Farming is not for the lazy’
After completing his school education, Thokozani Hlatswayo (41) first worked for a firm making office furniture, later becoming the mainline operator. He then changed careers and worked for African Cables, a company that replaced...
Mentorship creates a platform for growth
Although Liana Stroebel, Grain SA’s provincial co-ordinator in the Western Cape, is not a mentor in Grain SA’s Farmer Development Programme, she might as well be seen as one. According to the definition, a...
“I like your humble spirit”
Beste Grootneef
Dit was op ’n Donderdag toe ons by die “Friday Market” gestop het. Iewers op die pad tussen Ras al Khaimah en Fujairah. In die middel van die woestyn, aan die voetheuwels van...
ʼn Kolletjie hoop
Beste Grootneef
Die herfs het haar met roesbruin blare in die laning bome kom tuismaak, met ’n oggendsonnetjie wat al hoe later kop uitgesteek het. En toe plotseling – ’n vars suidewindjie wat verklap dat...
Hands-on approach brings results for Jerry
It has been proven that people learn much faster from doing something, rather than just learning about it through books and lectures or by simply watching someone else. Jerry Mthombothi, Grain SA development co-ordinator...
Formidabele boervrou wat haar man kan staan
Mei se held: Celeste van der Merwe
Celeste van der Merwe boer naby Reitz in die Oos-Vrystaat. Sy is deur Tiani Claassen, wat saam met haar man, Neil (Graan SA-raadslid), ook by Reitz boer, genomineer...
Voorspoed vir die nuwe jaar
Beste Grootneef
Op hierdie Oukersdag het ligte reën van vroegmiddag al neergestuif. Die lande is lekker nat en die mielies ’n mooi donkergroen, bykans al ’n voet of wat uit die grond uit. Dit was...
Use the KNOWLEDGE you acquire to improve
While the young Kopano Lentswetshipi (35) from North West dreams of becoming a fully fledged commercial farmer, he is working hard to gain as much knowledge as possible about farming. He realises that being...
Learn to listen and listen to learn
The Dalai Lama once said, ‘When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know, but if you listen, you may learn something new.’ The mentors who are part of the Grain SA...
Boerdery gaan oor MEER AS NET BOER
Stephan de Villiers (42) is ’n derdegenerasieprodusent van die Overberg-streek. Hy bedryf ’n gemengde boerdery op Droëkloof, tussen Caledon en Bredasdorp in die Wes-Kaap. Hier verbou hy koring, gars, kanola en hawer en boer...
