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Mei/May 2018
NWKV Nuusbrief 61 / NWGA Newsletter 61
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082 388 0626 or send an email to fanie@agriconnect.co.za or Bonita Francis nwga@nwga.co.za or
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MEET THE SPEAKERS FOR THE 2018 NWGA NATIONAL CONGRESS
Jannie Putter (right)
Jannie is a motivational speaker and presents workshops on leadership, teamwork, executive coaching, parenting and mental toughness.
He is the mental coach of various national and international athletes and teams and the Blue Bulls were honoured to have him as a mental coach from 2006 to 2010 (during which time they won the Super 14 tournament three times!). He is currently the mental coach of the Golden Lions rugby team (since 2015) and was recently approached by Orlando Pirates.
He is the author of six books, namely Winning is for kids… and parents, The secrets of a champion, A gameplan for life, Mentally tough – principles of competing, ’n Wenplan vir jou kind se lewe, and The sport coach – the psychology behind coaching, which was released in 2016.
Wessel Lemmer (left)
Wessel Lemmer is a senior agricultural economist at Absa.
He studied at the University of the Free State where he obtained his MSc(Agric) degree in agricultural management. He began his working career as a lecturer at Potchefstroom Agricultural College. After the deregulation of the grain market he joined the North West Cooperative as a market researcher before being lured to the Western Cape where he accepted a post as a grain trader for Cape Grain.
Driven by his love for agricultural research and his deep understanding of commodity markets, he was soon back at the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, which he joined as a senior agricultural research economist. He then joined Grain SA and became their senior agricultural economist responsible for market development.
In 2005 he joined Absa, where he was responsible for market information and for positioning the bank as a leader in the field of agricultural theory.
Wessel is a family man. He and his wife Erica have two daughters. One of his main hobbies is water colour painting, which he finds to be a source of creative introspection and balance.
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THE 2018 NATIONAL CONGRESS
"Building blocks to success" is the theme of the 2018 national congress of the NWGA. The following topics will be discussed:
Where does the producer fit in?
Partnerships in the industry
Building relations
Maximising production
Leon de Beer, the general manager, recently gave Algoa FM some information on the congress. Listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klzS-Ay3bac
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UITBRAKE VAN SLENKDALKOORS
Die NWKV het kennis geneem van die uitbraak van Slenkdalkoors in die Vrystaat en is bekommerd oor die impak wat dit op die kleinveebedryf en veral woluitvoere mag hê.
Dr. Claudia Cordel, ‘n veearts van Execuvet wat Slenkdalnavorsing doen as deel van ‘n span internasionale kundiges, maan produsente in die omgewing van die uitbraak om dringend hul diere met dooie entstof te ent om kudde teen die uitbraak te beskerm.
Tree voorkomend op teen Slenkdalkoors
Om risiko te verlaag, behoort alle nie-dragtige herkouervee in die komende winter geënt te word. Vir langer term sekerheid moet alle vervangingsvee voor teling elke jaar as ‘n minimum vereiste geënt word aangesien effektiewe immuniteit in die meeste gevalle waarskynlik lewenslank sal wees.
Boere word sterk aangeraai om hulle plaaslike veearts te kontak om oor die risiko, die korrekte entstowwe om te gebruik en op die beste immuniseringspogram vir hulle plaas te besluit.
OUTBREAKS OF RIFT VALLEY FEVER
The NWGA has taken note of the outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in the Free State and is concerned on the impact it may have on the small stock industry and especially wool exports.
Dr. Claudia Cordel, a veterinarian from Execuvet who conducts research on Rift Valley Fever as part of a team of international experts, is urging farmers in the vicinity of the outbreak, to vaccinate their animals urgently with inactivated vaccine to protect their flock from the disease.
Preventive measures against Rift Valley fever
To lower the risk, all non-pregnant ruminant livestock should be vaccinated in the coming winter. For longer term security, vaccinate all breeding replacement livestock before breeding each year as a minimum measure, since it is likely that in most cases effective immunity will be lifelong.
Farmers are strongly advised to contact their local veterinarian to decide on the risks, the correct vaccines to use and the best vaccination schedule for their farm. Do not use unregistered products that claim to be vaccines, they are illegal.
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NWKV OPGEWONDE OOR BELANGSTELLING IN REPRODUKSIEGROEPE
Boere in KwaZulu-Natal, die Oos-Vrystaat en Mpumalanga is gaande oor die nuwe reproduksie-opleiding wat produksie-adviseur Bom Louw vanaf Januarie aanbied.
Die Oos-Vrystaat spog met ses groepe in Kestell, Bethlehem, Heilbron, Reitz, Rosendal en Harrismith, en sommige van KwaZulu-Natal se vyf groepe is al halfpad met die kursus wat uit vier opleidingsbyeenkomste bestaan. Othard Klingenberg, KwaZulu-Natal se voorsitter, is deel van die Lüneburg-groep en saam met boere van Mooirivier, Wakkerstroom, Swartberg en Bergville word praktiese en interessante praktyke met mekaar gedeel.
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NEW VICE CHAIRMAN FOR THE
EASTERN CAPE
Niel du Preez, established executive member of the Eastern Cape NWGA for the past nine years, was recently elected vice chairman in the place of Tink Strydom.
Du Preez, a recipient of the Silver Ram award, represents the Eastern Cape on national structures of the NWGA and has also served the Zuuranys agricultural community for the past 20 years through his role on the executive of the farmers’ association.
He is part of the Zuuranys Farmers’ Association and Study Group which received the 2016 Bennie van der Merwe Trophy. This national competition aims to recognise the group that has done the most to promote profitable woolled sheep farming.
Hearty congratulations from all at the NWGA!
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NWKV OP GROOTPLAAS
NWKV-hoofbestuurder Leon de Beer het onlangs op die program Grootplaas agtergrond gegee oor die grootte van die wolbedryf in Suid-Afrika, watter rol die NWKV in die bedryf speel en die betrokkenheid van die NWKV by die ontwikkeling van kommunale boere. Hy het ook uitgebrei oor die voorgestelde ontwikkelingsfonds vir die wolbedryf.
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WOLBEDRYF-ONTWIKKELINGSFONDS
Die beoogde fonds gaan aangewend word vir ontwikkelingsinisiatiewe wat die totale bedryf sal bevoordeel, soos vir skeerderopleiding, monitorplase vir predasiebestuur en kommunikasie. Leon de Beer het met Algoa FM oor die aangeleentheid gesels.
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TEGNOLOGIE + SKAAP = WINSGEWENDHEID
Die Oos-Kaapse NWKV het onlangs ’n suksesvolle skaaptegnologie-dag aangebied. Meer as 100 boere het by Kroonvlei by Burgersdorp aangemeld om te luister en te leer oor die nuutste tegnologie wat in skaapboerdery toegepas kan word.
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WES-KAAPSE NWKV HELP OPKOMENDE BOERE OM TE BEPLAN
Georganiseerde Landbou in die Wes-Kaap het gedurende Mei plaasbesoeke onderneem om opkomende boere en gemeenskappe by te staan met opleiding en advies. Die plase Teewatervlei, Gaanzekraal en Caledonia in die Hopefield-distrik het in die laaste tyd swaar getrek en die Wes-Kaapse NWKV, die RPO en Graan SA het besluit om hulp te verleen. Al drie liggame het sitting op die Commodity Project Assessment Committee (CPAC) en het besluit om pogings saam te snoer om boere te bemagtig.
Jannie Fourie, NWKV-produksie-adviseur, het gaan kyk na die hulpbronne tot hulle beskikking en watter weiding vir skape gevestig kan word. Daarna is ’n voorbeeld van plaasbeplanning opgetrek en ’n verdere besoek sal vir Junie/Julie geskeduleer word waar ’n reproduksiekursus en skeerderopleiding aangebied sal word en dierehantering gedemonstreer gaan word.
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PLAASARBEIDERS LEER HOE OM DIERE TE HANTEER IN LAMTYD
Plaasarbeiders in die Piketberg- en Moorreesburg-omgewings het praktiese ondervinding opgedoen in dierehantering en reproduksie. Die NWKV in die Wes-Kaap het onder leiding van Jannie Fourie, produksie-adviseur, ’n byeenkoms in Moorreesburg gereël waar Plot du Toit van Landbou Wes-Kaap algemene dierehantering demonstreer het, met die fokus op lamtyd. Riaan Myburgh van CMW het die belangrikheid van reproduksie by skape beklemtoon.
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NEW ROYAL BABY WRAPPED IN MERINO WOOL SHAWL
When the latest addition to Britain’s royal family made his first appearance on the steps of St. Mary’s hospital in Paddington, he was wrapped in a white knitted shawl made of Merino wool.
The Nottingham-based company GH Hurt & Sons made the shawl. It has also made shawls for all the babies in the family for the past 70 years. The Queen first bought a blanket from this company in 1948 for the first public appearance of her son, Prince Charles.
Kate Middleton subsequently chose the same brand and style of blanket for her older children, George and Charlotte.
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THIRD YEAR IN WHICH THE NWGA IS TEACHING LEARNERS ABOUT WOOL
The NWGA head office was again approached by Cotswold Primary School in Port Elizabeth to teach their grade 2 learners about wool.
In addition to the presentation on wool, the importance of reading was emphasised and the fact that reading increases one’s general knowledge was explained. An e-story, “Where is the Green Sheep?”, was read aloud by all the children and some of the high-frequency words were translated from English into Afrikaans and Xhosa.
A PowerPoint presentation portraying images of sheep, the sheep farm, the importance of the sheep dog, with an explanation of why it is necessary to shear sheep and a video clip in which a blowtorch is pointed at a man wearing a woollen T-shirt, with the flames searing his T-shirt but not piercing his skin, took the learners on a visual tour of a sheep farm.
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BESTUURSWENKE TEN TYE VAN DROOGTE
As gevolg van veranderinge in die klimaat en die feit dat droogtes in die Sentrale Karoo die afgelope sewe jaar die nuwe normaal geraak het, is boere genoodsaak om veranderinge te oorweeg om nuwe dimensies in hul skaapboerdery te bewerkstellig.
Pieter van Zyl, skaapboer in die Karoo, vertel in ’n onderhoud hoe laparoskopie en gepaardgaande lamhokstelsels baie suksesvol aangewend kan word.
Luister hier na die onderhoud: https://agriorbit.com/voordele-lamhokke/
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SHEARING SHED FOR DESERVING FARMERS
The district of Mount Fletcher was a hive of activity at the end of April when a large crowd gathered for the launch and official opening of the Utloanang shearing shed.
Wesbank, the institution that funded the shearing shed, had been so impressed by the management of the community that they had no difficulty in choosing where to allocate funding.
The Utloanang Wool Association was established in 2012 by a few farmers from nearby districts who wanted to produce quality rams, ensuring quality lambs. The 15 members, under the leadership of Mmhe Mapuso, produced 16 bales in 2012 and more than doubled the volume to 36 in the past season. The members participate actively at all NWGA regional and inter-regional events and this association was elected as the overall winner in a previous flock competition. A flock selection was also conducted, after which some farmers got rid of their kempy ewes and bought quality ewes with the aim of improving wool quality.
Currently, the NWGA is collaborating with Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR), the RPO and the Humansdorp Cooperative to assist farmers and surrounding shearing sheds.
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NOORD-KAAPSE WOLKWEKERS WIL JONG BOERE BY ORGANISASIE BETREK
Die Noord-Kaapse NWKV het hul benadering tot kongresse en vergaderings aangepas om gestalte te gee aan hul visie om jong boere te betrek. Daar is besluit om betrokke te raak by byeenkomste waar die jonger generasie boere aktief is.
’n Baie geslaagde byeenkoms is aan die begin van Mei by Johan Botha, NWKV-streeksvoorsitter en eienaar van Oranjerivier Voere, op Prieska gehou. Meer as 300 boere, wat groot dele van die Noord-Kaap verteenwoordig, en selfs besoekers vanuit Namibië het dit bygewoon.
Vyf “klaskamers” is vir die dag beplan, waar onderwerpe wat wissel van intensiewe boerdery tot lamhokke en skale, behandel is. Sowat 60 mense per groep het die geleentheid gehad om by elke klaskamer-stasie aan te doen vir waardevolle inligting en advies. Die NWKV se klaskamer het gekonsentreer op die ekonomiese voordeel van die wolskaap en klem is gelê op uitstekende modelle wat vir oorskakeling beskikbaar is. Die teenwoordiges was eenparig oor die voorgestelde wolbedryf-ontwikkelingsfonds en geen negatiewe terugvoer is ontvang nie.
Die Noord-Kaapse NWKV-voorsitter, Fanie Dippenaar, sy bestuur en Gawie van Wyk, produksie-adviseur, spreek hul dank en waardering teenoor Johan Botha en sy personeel uit vir die reël van die byeenkoms wat so glad verloop het.
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