Good quality and boom in meat prices make for ‘pleasant surprise’ at auction
The prices that Wikus Bekker received for his ewes in particular, as well as for his rams at the All-In-One ...
Tag: Dohne Merino
University’s 49th production auction secures 100% sales
Stellenbosch University (SU) hosted its 49th production auction on 17 July at the Mariendahl experimental farm in Elsenburg outside the ...
WATCH | Sought-after Wauldby breeding stock on auction
The annual Wauldby-Dohne Merino auction was held on 12 March on the farm Wauldby in the Kei Road district of ...
Boesmanland’s “lamb nursery school” helps fellow farmers
Franchwa Batt and his wife, Chrismari van der Westhuizen-Batt, from the farm Uitspankolk in Boesmanland, launched a project in 2019 ...
SAFJA celebrates its graduates, award winners and stalwarts
The South African Fatstock Judging Association (SAFJA) recently hosted a three-day course to train stakeholders in the country’s red meat ...
A journey from farm kid to award-winning commercial farmer
It has been a continuous journey of agricultural growth for Meshack Ndongeni (52), from helping with small-scale farming as a ...
Near-record price at national Dohne auction
The national Dohne Merino auction, held on 1 February at Be Human, north of Bloemfontein, was characterised by excitement and ...
Good support for All-in-One Crux Dohnes
The neighbouring studs of De Put and Toomfontein Dohnes, owned by Koos Vosloo (the current chairman of SA Stud Book) ...
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