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Februarie / February 2019
NWKV Nuusbrief 70 / NWGA Newsletter 70
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PROGRESS MADE ON THE CONTROL OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IS COMMENDABLE
Media statement by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) dated 27 February 2019:
“Though China had suspended import of all cloven-hoofed animals and their products from South Africa, it indicated that it is in the process of conducting a comprehensive risk assessment on the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) situation in South Africa. DAFF is intending to send a high-level delegation to China to address the matter with the Chinese Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine in March.”
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FOOT-AND-MOUTH – NO REASON FOR PANIC!
Given the situation regarding the outbreak of FMD in the Limpopo province of South Africa, National Chairman Guillau du Toit cautioned farmers through a media statement not to get panic-stricken. The problem is much smaller than the outbreak in 2011 in KZN as the current outbreak has been detected even further from wool-producing areas than during the previous outbreak. There is no surplus of wool and the demand for wool is still evident. South African producers produce exceptional quality wool.
Although there is doubt over wool trading with China at this stage, Europe is still buying.
The industry is doing everything in its power to manage the situation and it is being addressed at the highest level. “The NWGA advises producers to keep track of the Australian wool market indicator, which will allow them to value their reserve prices objectively”, said Du Toit.
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SCHEDULED WOOL AUCTION DATES
In response to the FMD outbreak in January, which resulted in China suspending imports from South Africa, the NWGA received numerous enquiries from producers asking whether auctions would continue.
The Wool and Mohair Exchange provided a schedule for wool sales for 2019 and confirmed that wool auctions will continue according to the schedule and that they will notify the NWGA, should there be any changes to sale arrangements.
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NWGA WELCOMES NEW GM FOR CWSA
The NWGA welcomed Deon Saayman on 1 February when he took office at Cape Wools SA (CWSA). Saayman, newly elected as general manager, took over from Louis de Beer who resigned in November last year.
Deon (49) attended Andrew Rabie High School in Port Elizabeth before obtaining his BCom Accounting degree from the former University of Port Elizabeth, now known as Nelson Mandela University. He furthered his studies and obtained his BCom honours degree in accounting from the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Saayman completed his articles at Wolmarans Kruger Chartered Accountants, now known as Moore Stephens. After completing his articles, he held positions at a finance broker firm and a pharmaceutical company, before taking up the position of financial manager at Mohair South Africa when the company was formed in January 1998.
Ten years later he was promoted to general manager and in 2015 Saayman was promoted to managing director.
He was one of the driving forces behind the company’s efforts to make the South African mohair industry fully sustainable, and in 2009 launched the Mohair Industry Sustainable Guidelines, a document to which all production standards are still referenced.
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ELSENBURG STUDENTE BESOEK PORT ELIZABETH
’n Toer na Port Elizabeth en omgewing om die komplekse wolketting van naderby te bestudeer, is die prys wat die Weskaap NWKV uitloof aan die twee toppresteerders in hul tweede jaar. Hierdie tweedejaarsvak gaan oor skaaprasse en teling en praktiese areas wat die SA Vleismerino (SAVM) se kursus en praktiese werk insluit.
Die twee studente, Ruan Visser, ʼn jongman uit die Pofadder-distrik en Liney Swart van Durbanville is vergesel deur die alombekende dosent van Elsenburg, Dr. Jasper Cloete.
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OPKOMENDE BOERE BAAT BY OPLEIDING IN DIE NOORD-KAAP
Noord-Kaap wolkwekers in samewerking met BKB het ’n opleidingsdag vir opkomende landbouers van Kimberley en Hartswater gehou wat deur meer as 30 boere en amptenare bygewoon is.
NWKV het sterk vertoon met sprekers Fanie Dippenaar, voorsitter, en Gawie van Wyk, produksie-adviseur tesame met die borg van die dag, BKB, se Theuns Barnard.
Die opening en inleiding is deur Dippenaar behartig en die tema van hoe ruim God voorsien, soos vervat in 2 Kor. 9:10, is deurgetrek na skaapboerdery. Sy entoesiasme was groot terwyl hy oor die winsgewendheid van die wolskaap praat.
Die praktiese aspek van boerderyaktiwiteite is deur Gawie van Wyk oorgedra, en sy kleurvolle persoonlikheid en gepaardgaande grappies het mense aan die skater gehad.
Op ’n ernstiger noot het hy boere aangemoedig om meer verantwoordbaar te wees ten opsigte van voeding, dieregesondheid en weidingsbestuur en het hy afgesluit met die klem op veehantering en gepaardgaande fasiliteite.
Theuns Barnard van BKB wat die proses vanaf skeerhok tot verskeping aangebied het, het goeie reaksie en vrae uitgelok.
Die laaste spreker van die dag wat die Departement van Landbou verteenwoordig het, het die gevare van bek-en-klouseer uitgespel en hoe dit deur die onoordeelkundige aankoop van vee versprei kan word.
Dit was ’n suksesvolle dag met nuttige pitkos wat in boerderye toegepas kan word.
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GOEIE OPKOMS BY KZN STREEKSVERGADERINGS
Die NWKV en die Rooivleis Produsente Organisasie (RPO) in KwaZulu-Natal het vyf dae in Februarie afgestaan om streeksvergaderings in Lüneburg, Dundee, Ladysmith, Donnybrook en Kokstad te hou. Die totale bywoning van ongeveer 200 boere word as optimisties beskou, veral as in aanmerking geneem word dat skaap en wol nie die hoofinkomste in hierdie provinsie is nie. Goeie bywoning by veral Lüneburg en Dundee was opmerklik.
Die hoofspreker Dr. Ferdi Meyer van die Buro vir Voedsel- en Landboubeleid het die tema “SA Veebedryf binne plaaslike en internasionale verband” goed hanteer en uitgebrei op die impak van droogte op voedselpryse.
Beide die NWKV en RPO het die geleentheid gekry om terugvoering aan die boere te gee oor die afgelope jaar se aktiwiteite en ontwikkeling binne die onderskeie kommoditeitsorganisasies.
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’N PLAN MAAK ’N BOER! TEMA VIR DIE NWKV VRYSTAAT JAARKONGRES
Die NWKV Vrystaat sien uit daarna om afgevaardigde lede en gaste te verwelkom by ons 2019 Provinsiale Kongres.
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HOE KAN KOMMERSIËLE BOERE BETER DEUR NWKV BEDIEN WORD?
NWKV produksie-adviseurs wat kommersiële landbou onder die vaandel van produksie-adviesdienste bedien, het vroeg in Februarie vergader om vordering vir die laaste ses maande te meet en te beplan hoe om daardie doelwitte wat nog nie bereik is nie, aan te spreek.
Dr. Louis du Pisani, Nasionale Bestuurder: Produkadvies en -ontwikkeling en sy span adviseurs het ’n waardevolle week saam deurgebring, met die volgende hoogtepunte:
- ʼn Gesprek is met Entsika gevoer oor die Departement van Grondsake se doelstelling om begunstigdes by te staan in die proses van grondhervorming. Die wolbedryf is genader om hulp te verleen aan 32 geïdentifiseerde plase landswyd en maniere is bespreek om sulke begunstigdes te mentor met aksies vir suksesvolle boerdery.
- BKB beamptes Isak Staats en Werner Olivier het opleiding verskaf oor AWEX ID, waardeur hulle produksie-adviseurs bemagtig om boere by te staan in die interpretasie van AWEX ID op hul afrekeningstate.
BKB het ’n verdere tree gegee en produksie-adviseurs uitgenooi om ʼn vyfdaagse kursus oor AWEX ID by te woon, waar die gebruik van die tegniek vir tipering uitgespel gaan word.
- Die Tsitsikammastreek is besoek, waar Tim Mountford se suiwelboerdery Tsitsimilk aan die voorpunt van aangeplante weidingsmengsels is, en produksie-adviseurs is blootgestel aan die belangrikheid van grondgesondheid by weidingsproduksie en natuurlik diereproduksie.
- In afwagting van ʼn verslag vanaf die Universiteit van die Vrystaat wat die nuwe kontrak vir Produksie-adviesdienste kan beïnvloed, is ’n werksessie gehou om die vloei van inligting deur die boeregemeenskap te bespreek. Dit is belangrik om jouself te vergewis van hoe generasies verskil in die ontvangs van tegnologie en inligting, en die noodsaaklikheid om die regte groepering te teiken.
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WORKSHOP PAVES WAY TO APPOINT MANAGER FOR PREDATION
Guillau du Toit, chairman for the Predation Management Forum (PMF), released a media statement where he elaborated on a successful predation workshop. The aim was to develop a framework that will give direction to research and training/extension, which will be practical for all to support and actively engage and participate in.
The workshop, an initiative of the PMF and held at Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, was well attended by tertiary institutions, predation specialists, national departments of government (DEA and DAFF) as well as provincial conservation authorities.
After being briefed on research projects conducted on predation management by tertiary institutions such as the Universities of the Free State, Cape Town, Mpumalanga and Fort Hare, Nelson Mandela University and UNISA, the facilitator, Dr John Purchase from AgBiz was extremely concerned about the evidence that predation losses are increasing.
Mr Hugh Campbell, General Manager for Hortgro Science, elaborated on the research model that the fruit industry uses for setting priorities, funding models, stakeholder involvement etc. as an example to be considered for predation research. He concluded by saying that the organisation is grower-focused and expert-based, addressing current and future challenges, and that all the processes begin and end with good communication. Sound communication with all stakeholders, including policymakers, was emphasised throughout the workshop.
What is essentially required is a formalised structure that will address the gaps identified by producers, researchers (from the Scientific Assessment) and Government. Closing these gaps should ultimately address environmental, societal and economic needs.
The steering committee of the PMF met the following day, where the recommendations and outcomes of the workshop were deliberated. A new constitution was adopted, paving the way for the forum to be registered as a legal entity.
Although each industry has its own structure in place to evaluate the merits of research projects, Prof. Graham Kerley of Nelson Mandela University has been tasked to summarise the knowledge gaps as already identified in the Livestock Predation and its Management in South Africa: A Scientific Assessment (PredSA).
Considering the new constitution and capacity within the new structure, the necessity for the appointment of a manager has become a priority. Responsibilities of such a position will include communication, training and policy issues.
PMF chairman Guillau du Toit is adamant that the appointment of a dedicated person is an absolute necessity to communicate essential elements such as research, policy and training to stakeholders, policymakers and producers. The findings of the Scientific Assessment, aimed at improved approaches for reducing livestock predation – while at the same time contributing to the conservation of our natural predators – will form the basis of a communication strategy for the new appointment.
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