Passion and knowledge lead to success
Being nominated as one of the three finalists in the 2024 Potential Commercial Producer of the Year competition is a career highlight for Alfred Gondo (33). This young producer from the Middelburg region in...
’n Nuwe seisoen
Beste Grootneef
Die jaar kantel deur die winter na ’n nuwe seisoen met die son wat soggens al hoe vroeër kop uitsteek. Die winter is straf vanjaar, met sneeu en ryp wat oor die binneland...
FARMING IS THIS FINALIST’S PASSION
Dieketseng Gladys Mahlelehlele (38) studied for a BA Communication degree, but in her third year decided to rather follow in her father’s footsteps as her business was already showing growth. Her passion for farming...
Dok Jan bring produsente en wetenskap bymekaar
Julie se held: Dr Jan Dreyer
Dr Jan Dreyer het sy professionele loopbaan as landbouwetenskaplike aan die ontwikkeling van die graan- en oliesadebedryf toegewy. Hoewel hy aanvanklik op grondbone gefokus het, kronkel sy loopbaanpad verby...
Die winter van 2024
Beste Grootneef
Die wintermaande het stilweg aangebreek met herfsdae wat al hoe korter geword het en ’n sonnetjie wat al hoe yler geskyn het. Die 1ste Junie het die kwik in die Vrystaat steeds tussen...
Volunteering her way to success
June’s hero: Gugulethu Mahlangu
Gugulethu Mahlangu is the June winner in the Grain SA/John Deere My Hero series. She was nominated by Dr Garth Cambray.
This talented young agripreneur is an experienced aquaponics and aquaculture producer...
EX-POLICEMAN trains young aspiring producers
Nkosinathi Duncan Hadebe (61), the 2023 Grain SA/Landbank Smallholder Farmer of the Year, was a policeman before becoming a producer. When he neared retirement, he realised that he had to think of a way...
’n Sleutelkloof
Beste Grootneef
In my jong dae toe ons nog jonk en mooi was (nou net mooi), was ek ’n geëerde lid van die Amsterdamhoek Hiking and Drinking Club. Die Amsterdam, synde ’n skip afkomstig uit...
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...
Farm with your whole heart
‘Never give up, no matter what life throws at you.’ This is the life motto of Jan (Oujan) Masiu (63) who farms near Senekal in the Eastern Free State. Even though challenges like the...
