Attitude makes the difference
‘Life is an echo. What you send out, comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.’ This statement from the American author, salesman and motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar, rings true...
Farming is not a job, it’s a lifestyle
Farming is not seen as a glamorous job. There is no fixed monthly salary, no company pension or paid holidays and the farmer is at the mercy of nature’s elements. So, why would someone...
Om opsy te staan
Beste Grootneef
Ou Neef, ons leef ’n nuwe, wilde woordeboek – met begrippe wat daagliks tot ons taal en bestaan gevoeg word.
Vat nou byvoorbeeld safe distance. Blesbokke verstaan die ding van safe distance heeltemal. Probeer...
Om raak te skiet en mis te boor
Beste Grootneef
Vra maar vir Naas Botha, die verskil tussen ’n hero en ’n zero is soms so dik soos ’n polonieskil. ’n Menigte van sy skepskoppe is maar net-net tussen die pale deur. Effe...
Tant Siena
Beste Grootneef
AG Visser het toentertyd die volgende gevleuelde woorde uit ’n pen laat vloei:
“As ou tant Siena straat op loop
Om antipon of spek te koop,
Sê dié wat pad maak: Dank die Heer!
En sit hul...
A good example has more value than good advice
Ramulondi Petrus Managa (64) was the runner-up in the small-scale maize farmer category of Grain SA’s 2020 Grow for Gold National Yield Competition.
Petrus followed in the footsteps of his father, Jack, who was also...
’n “Gesekonde”
Beste Grootneef
Ons was vir ’n kort besoek by ons neef in die groot stad. Dwarsdeur die tolhekke met die stadsgewoel tot in die rustige woonbuurt met die groot bome. Soos altyd was dit ’n...
Quality inputs make the difference
A British philanthropist from the 19th century, John Ruskin, believed that the highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. André Louwrens (or...
Positive attitude for way ahead eminent at Congress
Congress 2021 has just concluded – a virtual one at that. And what a change it was! I was sceptical whether our producers would sit behind a screen for so many hours to reflect...
Kongres spreek van positiewe gesindheid vir pad vorentoe
Kongres 2021 is so pas agter die rug – nogal ’n virtuele een. En was dit nie ’n verandering nie! Ek was skepties of ons produsente vir soveel ure agter ’n skerm sou sit...
