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Cattle farmers
M U S T WATC H G R A I N P R I C E S
Koos Coetzee
(Melkprodusente Organisasie/Milk
Producers’ Organisation - MPO)
Is herhaling van 2008 op pad?
Graanprys bewegings die afgelope paar maande en berigte
oor die mislukking van die VSA mielie-oes het vrese laat
ontstaan dat daar weer op ‘n 2008 voedselkrisis afgestuur
word. In baie opsigte is omstandighede dieselfde as in 2007.
Die wêreld landbou het vanaf 2007 tot 2008 ‘n ongekende
skerp styging in produkpryse beleef. Dit was die gevolg
van ‘n sameloop van omstandighede wat nou as ‘n perfekte
storm beskryf word. Die belangrikste faktor wat hiertoe
bygedra het, was die skerp styging in die vraag na graan. Die
vraag het ontstaan as gevolg van die groei in inkomste van
verbruikers in die ontwikkelende lande wat tot ‘n toename in
die vraag na proteïnvoedsel en veral dierlike proteïn gelei het.
Proteïnproduksie gebruik meer graan as wat gebruik word in
menslike diëte. Terselfdertyd het die biobrandstofbedryf in
die VSA ontstaan en het dit met behulp van regeringsteun
vinnig gegroei. Teen die middel van 2007 was die produksie
en verbruik van grane wêreldwyd reeds in ‘n fyn balans en
pryse het stadigaan opwaarts beweeg. Wêreld ekonomiese
groei was op ‘n baie hoë vlak. ‘n Perfekte storm kan egter
net vorm indien daar ook ‘n skok van buite kom. Die skok
is veroorsaak deur droogte in Australië, Kazakstan en swak
oeste in verskeie ander lande.
Die omvang van die perfekte storm word aangedui deur die
styging in internasionale landbouprodukpryse vanaf 2006
tot 2008. Teen Maart 2008 was landbouprodukpryse 56%
hoer as in Maart 2007. Hoewel die koers daarna verstadig
het, het pryse nog tot September 2008 vinnig gestyg.
Daarna is prysstygings tot ‘n einde gebring deur ‘n baie
groot eksterne skok – die ineenstorting van die westerse
bankstelsel en gevolglike resessie. Wêreldvraag het in duie
gestort, produksie het gedaal, eiendoms- en effektepryse
het gedaal en werkloosheid het gestyg. Flinke optrede deur
regerings het die duur van die resessie beperk en daartoe
Beesboere
moet graanpryse dophou
Is a repeat of 2008 on its way?
Grain price fluctuations over the past few months and
reports on the failure of the USA maize harvest have led to
fears that there will be a repeat of the 2008 feed crisis. In
many respects conditions are similar to those in 2007. Global
agriculture had experienced an abnormally sharp increase in
produce prices from 2007 to 2008. This was due to a strange
coincidence now described as a perfect storm. The most
important factor contributing to this was the sharp increase
in the demand for grain. The demand arose as result of the
growth in income of consumers in developing countries,
which led to an increase in the demand for protein foodstuffs,
especially animal protein. Protein production requires more
grain than is needed in human diets. At the same time the
bio-fuel industry took off in America which grew rapidly due
to government support. By mid 2007 the production and
utilization of grain was in a fine balance and prices slowly
moved upwards. World economic growth was on a very high
level. A perfect storm can, however, only evolve when there is
also a shock from outside. This shock was caused by droughts
in Australia and Kazakstan and poor harvests in several other
countries.
The extent of the perfect storm is indicated by the increase
in international prices of agricultural produce from 2006
to 2008. By March 2008 agricultural produce prices were
56% higher than in March 2007. Although the rate had
slowed down since then, prices still increased rapidly till
September 2008. Thereafter price increases were brought
to a halt by a very large external shock – the collapse of the
Western bank system and resulting recession. World demand
collapsed, production decreased, property and stock prices
decreased and unemployment increased. Brisk/firm action
by governments restricted the duration of the recession
and led to the recovery of economic growth with a resulting
rise in prices. The recovery phase was restricted due to the
mainly European debt crisis, resulting from overspending in
the recession, as well as the very high expenditure on social
pensions. As a result agricultural prices once more entered a
declining phase in November 2011.

gelei dat ekonomiese groei herstel het, met gepaardgaande
groei in pryse. Die herstelfase is beperk deur die hoofsaaklik
Europese skuldkrisis wat die gevolg van oorspandering in die
resessie asook die baie hoë besteding aan sosiale pensioene.
Gevolglik het landboupryse weereens ‘n daalfase vanaf
November 2011 betree.
Die huidige internasionale aanbod en aanvraag
In die nuutste VSA Departement van Landbou verslag oor
graanproduksie en voorrade is die verwagte koring opbrengs
vir die 2012/13 seisoen afwaarts aangepas as gevolg van
kleiner area geplant en warm weer in Julie in Rusland en
Kazakhstan. Die verwagte verbruik van koring daarenteen
word opwaarts aangepas as gevolg van substitusie van
koring vir mielies in dierevoeding. Vir die VSA word die
milie-oes skerp afwaarts aangepas aangesien die baie warm
en droë toestande in die Mielie Belt voortduur. Die VSA oes
word tans op die laagste vlak sedert 2006/07 beraam. Die
wêreld voorraad graan teen die einde van die 20012/13
seisoen word beraam op 431 miljoen ton, 9% laer as in
2011/12. Terselfdertyd word die eindvoorraad growwe graan
beraam op 152 miljoen ton, 11 af op 2011/12. Rys voorrade
is egter meer as in 2011/12. Volgens die Voedsel en landbou
organisasie van die Verenigde Nasies (FAO) is daar tans nog
genoeg graan voorrade beskikbaar en behoort daar nie
krisisse te ontstaan nie. Die aanbod aanvraag balans is egter
baie knap en enige verdere skokke kan ‘n groot effek op pryse
uitoefen.
Suid-Afrikaanse situasie
Suid-Afrika het twee seisoene van bo-gemiddelde
mielieproduksie agter die rug. Ten spyte daarvan dat daar
groot hoeveelhede mielies uitgevoer is, het Safex pryse selde
nader aan uitvoer pariteit beweeg en meestal baie naby
aan invoer pariteit vlak verhandel. Uitvoere na Afrika lande
geskied teen wêreldpryse plus die koste om mielies hier te
land, wat natuurlik meer is as die berekende uitvoerpariteit.
Die vraag na graan vir die Afrika en ander marke gaan nie
verminder nie. Dit sal volgehoue druk op graanpryse in
die huidige seisoen plaas. Die regering het ook onlangs
aangekondig dat verpligte inmenging van biobrandstof
ingestel gaan word. Dit skep verdere markte vir grane.
Die rooivleis bedryf is ‘n groot gebruiker van grane.
Produsente wat self diere afrond moet hulself betyds verskans
teen moontlike prysskokke. Dit mag ook nodig wees om baie
betyds voldoende voorrade graan te verseker. Hoewel dit
tans nog onseker is of die wêreld weer so ‘n perfekte storm
soos in 2007 en 2008 gaan beleef, is die verstandige aksie om
pryse te verskans en nie onkant gevang te word nie.
The present international supply and demand
In the latest USA Department of Agriculture report on grain
production and reserves the expected wheat harvest for the
2012/13 season was adjusted downwards as result of the
smaller area planted and hot weather in July in Russia and
Kazakhstan. The expected consumption of wheat is, however,
adjusted upwards as result of the substitution of wheat for
maize in livestock feeding. In the USA the maize harvest is
adjusted sharply downwards, since the hot and dry conditions
in the Maize Belt are continuing. The USA harvest is currently
estimated at the, lowest level since 2006/7. The World grain
supplies by the end of 2012/13 is estimated at 431 million ton,
95% lower than in 2011/12. At the same time the end supply
of unmilled grain is estimated to be 152 million tons, 11 tons
below that of 2011/2012. Rice supplies are, however, higher
than in 2011/2012. According to the Food and Agriculture
organization of the United Nations (FAO) there is currently
enough grain supplies available and there should be no crisis.
The supply demand balance is, however, very fine and any
further shocks can have a serious effect on prices.
South African situation
South Africa has been through two seasons of above average
maize production. Notwithstanding the fact that large
quantities of maize have been exported, Safex prices seldom
moved closer to export parity and mostly traded very close
to import parity. Exports to countries in Africa trade at world
prices plus the cost of landing maize locally, which is, of
course, more than the calculated export parity. The demand
for grain for the African and other markets will not decrease.
It will place ungoing pressure on grain prices during the
current season. Government has also recently announced
that compulsory inclusion of bio-fuel is to be introduced.
This creates additional markets for grains.
The red meat industry is a large consumer of grains. Producers
who round off animals themselves should take timely action
against possible price shocks. While it is still uncertain
whether the world will again experience a perfect storm such
as in 2007 and 2008, the intelligent action is to avoid price
hikes and not be caught off-guard.
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Die OVK
Artikel soos verskyn op 29 Junie 2012 Landbou Volksblad.
Verslaggewer: Christal-Lize Thomas
Fotograaf: Johan Norval. Foto’s verskaf deur Jongboerkomitee
Admin beampte, Sulene Oosthuizen
Jongboerdag
DIE OVK-jongboerdag, wat in samewerking met
Vrystaat Landbou (VL) se jongboerkomitee
aangebied word, is jaarliks ’n reuse-sukses danksy
deeglike beplanning en die harde werk van sy
toegewyde beplanningskomitee.
Dié komitee met vyf verteenwoordigers
van onderskeidelik OVK, Voermol en VL se
jongboerkomitee, het vroeg reeds begin om die OVK-jongboerdag
vanjaar vir die sesde keer te beplan.
Die dag word op 17 Augustus op die plaas Bloemhoek van Linde du
Plessis en sy seuns, Chris en Koos, van die Brandwater-boerdery by
Fouriesburg gehou.
Sulene Oosthuizen van VL en lid van die OVK-jongboerdag se
beplanningskomitee sê hulle het vroeër vanjaar drie plase in die
Fouriesburg-omgewing besoek om ’n geskikte plaas vir die jongboerdag
te identifiseer.
Tydens die soektog moes ’n plaas en boerderybedrywe gekies word
wat aan die boerderybehoeftes van jong en ander kommersiële boere
voldoen, sê sy.
Oosthuizen sê besprekingspunte op die boeredag word in ag geneem
en OVK, Voermol en lede van die jongboerkomitee beplan hul bydraes
daarvolgens.
Nóg ’n lid van dié komitee, Michael Scheepers, sê die OVK-jongboerdag
word jaarliks om die beurt in verskeie OVK-streke in die Vrystaat gehou
en daar is vanjaar besluit om dit in die Fouriesburg-, Clarens-, Rosendal-,
Paul Roux- en Bethlehem-streek aan te bied.
Dit is baie belangrik dat die komitee ’n boerdery kies waarna ’n jong
boer kan streef, sê Oosthuizen.
Die ligging en die beskikbaarheid van ’n plaas word ook in ag geneem.
Scheepers sê dit is ’n goeie ding om die jong boere in die provinsie weer
bymekaar te kry om saam te kuier en inligting uit te ruil. Volgens hom is
daar op die Brandwater-boerdery besluit, omdat dit ’n bestaande infrastruktuur
het wat vir die aanbieding van so ’n dag geskik is.
Dit is ook ’n gemengde familieboerdery van ’n pa en sy twee seuns wat
algemeen in boerderygeledere is. Du Plessis en sy seuns teel nie net
met Brahmane nie, maar is ook droëland-saaiboere wat mielies, koring
en droë bone plant. Hulle boer ook met Merinoskape.
Die beplanningskomitee-lede is Deon van der Ross (OVK), Leon van
Dijkhorst (Voermol), Nant Yzel (voorsitter van die VL-jongboerkomitee)
en Michael Scheepers (VL-jongboerstreekverteenwoordiger vir
Fouriesburg, Clarens, Rosendal, Paul Roux en Bethlehem).
Linde du Plessis

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agri benchmark Beef and Sheep Conference 2012 – Press release
Beef and sheep
production need to be more productive
Growing demand, rising prices and
costs as well as and land scarcity will
require further productivity increases
in beef and sheep production if
production is to be maintained or
increased, agreed the participants
of the 10th agri benchmark Beef and
Sheep Conference which took place in South Africa end
of June. More than 25 countries are represented in the global
network, including Algeria, Morocco, Russia and Tunisia as
new members.
The international comparison of production systems and
their economics is the core competence of agri benchmark
and were discussed in the context of rising and more volatile
costs for feed and other inputs. Recent feed price increases
were relatively well absorbed by cow-calf operations which
mainly rely on pastures, use less purchased inputs than beef
finishers and where profitability is in short-term more driven
by weaner calf prices than by costs. In the beef finishing
comparison of the year 2011, in many countries, feed, land and
labour costs increases could at least partially be compensated
by beef price increases to retain profitability. This is different
in the U.S. feedlots where high feed prices were accompanied
by historically high feeder/stocker cattle prices, resulting
in another year of loss and over the last years pointing at a
combination of high competition and overcapacity in the
feedlot industry given current cattle inventories.
Asia and Africa are expected to lead global population growth
in the next 35 years. This and an expected per capita income
growth will most likely result in growing meat demand. In
North African countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria,
land degradation, informal markets and their implications for
meat quality and safety are main constraints. On the other
hand, the cost structure of many smallholder farms can
relatively easily absorb impacts from price volatility. Finding a
balance between sustainable stocking rates, individual animal
performance and income needs is one of the key factors for
unlocking the potential of this type of production. In terms
of disease status and considering the proximity of farming
with livestock and game, it was questioned whether Southern
Africa will manage to overcome the issues with FMD and other
diseases. This will also impact on the ability of the industry to
create a significant export orientated industry.
Asia and Russia are leading the import demand for beef. At
the same time, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan have rolled out
government programmes to increase production of beef and
other products such as milk. Large scale agricultural holdings
are among the beneficiaries of these programmes. In EU
countries, a stable to slightly decreasing beef production
appears to be the future trend, with uncertain impacts
from the policy reform starting in 2014 and the milk quota
abolishment in 2015.
Land expansion to maintain or increase beef production is a
medium- to long-term option in some countries, but requires
political stability, investments and sufficiently high prices to
justify them. Further, it is questionable whether new land is
going to be used for beef production. Therefore, narrowing
the productivity gap between countries as well as between
the top and bottom producers within countries will be crucial.
Potential is particularly high when coming from a low level
like smallholder farms in developing and emerging countries
but also in important beef producing countries like Brazil
and Argentina. In those countries where weaner supply
is tightening (ex. South Africa), increasing the calf crop is a
major aim. The two major alleyways to increase productivity
are firstly the improvement of pasture productivity and its
management and secondly moving animals from pasture to
higher energy rations for the last 90-150 days (i.e. a feedlotlike
situation). It is expected that in the short- to mediumterm,
market signals provide the incentives but they can
also (or have already) lead to undesired side effects such as
overgrazing, water pollution and animal welfare issues. The
single most important challenge to any productivity increase
is management skills. Capacity building, education and
mentoring were therefore defined as most important but need
to be embedded in a strategy which should be developed by

all actors in the value chains. Finally, policy interventions on land acquisition and use
can foster or slow down productivity developments.
A workshop labelled ‘The return of the sheep’ addressed the question of whether
the latest price rises for lamb and mutton will lead to an increase of production and
an expansion of sheep production. The answer was a cautious and differentiated
‘yes’. Demand in Asia and the Middle East is expected to further drive prices and
provide a good basis for profitable sheep production. Potential is mainly seen
in developing and emerging countries as well as Australia where recently some
regional expansion of sheep production at the expense of beef production has taken
place. In the former group of countries issues like overstocking, land degradation,
productivity and meat quality need to be addressed but as most of these countries
come from a low level, progress could be made relatively quickly if price relations
remain favourable. In some cases the supply chains need restructuring to reduce
unrealistically high consumer – producer price ratios. With an increase of 78% in the
weight produced per ewe in the last 20 years, New Zealand provides an example for
the potential, compensating for the decline in sheep numbers.
A Global Forum in Pretoria saw 120 decision makers from policy, agribusiness,
research and NGOs, discussing a mix of international and domestic South African
topics. Apart from the above mentioned issues, the importance of sustainability,
government intervention addressing the creation of a better market environment
instead of handing out subsidies, the impact of domestic demand growth in Brazil
resulting in higher prices and reduced exports, the special needs of emerging
markets and the old but true fact that eventually consumers determine the direction
into which meat production is heading to were stressed by the speakers.
Brahman
kalender/calender
Vir die plaas van veilingsdatums op die 2013 kalender, e-pos Karin by: karin@brahman.co.za.
For the placement of auction dates on the 2013 calendar, send a e-mail to Karin at: karin@brahman.co.za
Deadline: 8 November 2012
Kostes/Costs: R430 (BTW ingesluit per datum/VAT included per date)
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Die begin jare: 1980
My eerste veiling was die van Dr Stefaans Lombaard
in 1978 en my eerste sien van Attie Marais en die
legendariese Oom Albert Diedericks. Tydens die
veiling is RX405 as jong bulletjie vertoon en ‘n rooi
vers was gekoop vir R2,000.00 deur dieselfde Oom
Albert Diedericks. Met R2,000.00 kon mens toe ‘n
nuwe bakkie koop!!
Die bekende telers was toe Bar Circle, Broadview,
Normar, Bushlands, Sambok en Sondagsrivier.
Tydens die Royal Skou het die Brahmane ‘n
staanplek gehad en tot vermaak van die ander rasse is ‘n karavaan
gebruik as klubhuis!
Die ex-Rhodesiers, Julius Mussman en Deon Kok se prominente
leiding het gelei tot die stigting van ‘n klub en die bou van
‘n klubhuis. Valerie Allsopp het die aankope van die houthuis
behartig en Neil Raw was betrokke met die oprigting daarvan.
Mei 1980 tydens die Royal Skou is die klubhuis ingewy en die
naambord met al die stigterslede onthul.
1980 vertoon Normar (Attie en Anton Marais) drie wit bulle
KZN
BRAHMANKLUB
geskiedenis
CA Froneman
wat dieselfde jaar ook in Pretoria Junior en Reserwe
Junior kampioene word en die drie bulle verkoop
vir R37,500.00 gemiddeld - om te dink ‘n diesel 2.2lt
bakkie het toe ongeveer R2,500.00 gekos. Sakke vol
geld!! Rooi brahmane het skielik baie gesog geraak
en teen hoë pryse verkoop. Soveel so dat Oom Boet
Nel vir my in 1980 kon sê: “As jy 10 suiwer rooi koeie
het, het jy ‘n boerdery” en toe was ons bereid om 10
kommersiële koeie te verkoop om een rooi Brahman
koei te koop. Ek moes besluit watter marksegment
ek op sou fokus en as gevolg van ons uitgebreide
kommersiële boerdery wou ek eerstens vir onsself goeie bulle
teel met die gevolg ek het nie die beste en duurste koeie gekoop
nie en as gevolg van die swaai na rooi beeste het talle telers
rooi bulle op wit koeie gebruik en op die veilings was baie geel
vroulike diere beskikbaar, maar die ‘Manso’ persepsie het hulle
‘n vinnige dood laat sterf. Ek het aanvaar dat in Natal was Bar
Circle, Attie Marais en Boet Nel die vooraanstaande telers en ons
ander kon nie juis met hulle kompeteer nie. In Transvaal was die
bekende stoettelers Eric Bilse, Biss Reed, Theo Dicke, Llewellyn
Labuschagne en dan na die weste was dit Reg Hunt en Louis
Bosman. Hulle was die telers van stoetbulle en sommer van

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meet af maak ek die grootste fout om te aanvaar dat ek nooit met
hulle sou kon kompeteer nie. Een-een het hulle van die toneel
verdwyn en so is dit nog steeds, talle kom en gaan en daarom is
my raad dat as jy ‘n passie vir teling het, begin met die beste koeie
moontlik sodat jy die mark kan voorsien van stoetbulle! Moet
nooit dink dat jou beurt nie sal kom nie! Die behoefte aan goeie
bulle is groot en die bedryf baie dinamies en uitdagend.
Van meet af was die klublede baie aktief. Ons het mekaar
gebel - toe was daar nog nie eens sprake van selfone nie - en
baie kilometers is gery om mekaar te besoek, kursusse gehou,
werkswinkels, boeredae, skoue en toere gereël. Om te dink dat
ons een jaar ook 200 Brahmane op Dundee vertoon het!
In die vroeë tagtigs word alle invoere verbied omdat daar toe
sogenaamd genoeg Brahmane hier is en ons selfstandig sou
kon aangaan. Hierdie was ‘n uiters selfsugtige besluit, maar toe
kom die SA rebelsheid na vore en telers begin semen na SA vanaf
Brazilië smokkel en selfs kry van die Natallers dit reg om Gyr beeste
in te voer. Dit was ‘n groot kat in ‘n klein duiwehokkie.
Dr Fanie van Rensburg tree sterk na vore: word eers
Natalklub Voorsitter, toe raadslid. Ons Natallers versoek
streeksverteenwoordiging na ‘n paar jaar se pogings om ook een
van Natal op die Brahman Raad te kry - maar alles tevergeefs.
Oom Fanie word President en bring nuwe oop strukture in plek,
vergroot die beoordelaars paneel, kry streeksverteenwoordiging
in plek en verander die konstitusie sodat die President ook net vir
‘n termyn van 2 jaar verkies word en herverkiesbaar is vir ‘n verdere
2 jaar. Om te dink oorlede Oom Alf Coetzer het die septer vir ‘n
periode van 21 jaar onafgebroke geswaai.
So leer ons dan weereens hieruit die kardinale noodsaaklikheid
dat die bestuur van die Genootskap en of klub baie dinamies
en doelgerig moet wees. Lede moet gedien en gelei word - met
ander woorde lede se behoeftes moet ge-identifiseer word en
bevredig word deur die leiers.
Lede moet dan betrokke gemaak word sodat hulle deur dieselfde
passie gemotiveerd bly.
Die vroeë tagtigerjare sal onthou word vir geweldige ekonomiese
groei, voorspoed, gepaardgaande met hoë inflasie. Toe tref ‘n
baie groot droogte, tesame met ‘n ekonomiese afswaai die land.
Pryse daal, entoesiasme taan. ‘n Periode van verlangsaming en
vasbyt het ingetree..... ons gesels weer later.
Suurlemoen
As jy nie van suurlemoene hou nie, is dit tog ‘n goeie idee dat u gereeld daarvan eet.
Omdat dit so suur is, is almal nie mal oor suurlemoene nie, maar dit sal goed wees om
gereeld ‘n bietjie suurlemoensap in te kry. Jy het net ‘n paar druppels in ‘n koppie vol
water per dag nodig. Sluk dit sommer vinnig af en voel gou beter.
Suurlemoene is nie net propvol vitamien C en B nie, maar bevat ook proteïene en
koolhidrate. Dit het boonop nog baie ander mediese voordele.
Redes hoekom jy daarvan moet eet:
• Teenliggaampies word geproduseer wat infeksies beveg en verminder.
• Kanse op kolon-, prostaat- en borskanker kan verminder word.
• Hoë bloeddruk, naarheid en lighoofdigheid word beheer.
• Meng suurlemoensap en water, gorrel dit, dit help met seerkeel.
• Dit is goed vir verkoue, griep en koors.
• Bloeding kan stopgesit word. As jou neus bloei, kan jy watte met suurlemoen
natmaak en dit in jou neus druk.
• ‘n Koppie water gemeng met suurlemoen is danksy die Vit C, goed vir iemand met
asemhalingsprobleme.
• Om jou te help om gewig te verloor en jou cholesterol te verlaag, gebruik
suurlemoensap saam met ‘n koppie warm water en ‘n knypie sout.
• Om van die brandpyn van ‘n brandwond ontslae te raak kan jy suurlemoensap
daaroor gooi.

The Brahman
goes further
THAN FARMING
BRAHMAN ART by DENISE HILL
My love of Brahmans began
while travelling the road from
Fouriiesburg to Clarens in the
Eastern Free State. I have always
from childhood in the gentle
English countryside loved cattle, heavy-uddered
Friesians and soft-eyed Jersey cows. Seeing a herd of
Brahmans grazing under the shade of a wild peach
tree with the Maloti mountains in the background
and the rolling wheatfields in the foreground was
an artist’s dream come true. There is something
special about Brahmans. I know very little about
their commercial value, but their sheer beauty, their
heavy curved lines, their wavy dewlaps catching the
shade and light sent me rushing for my paintbrushes
and canvas.
A local well-known and loved character, Casper
Exteen, was very supportive in my quest to find local
herds; starting with his brother Fourie’s Brahmans.
They kindly drove their herd to the farm dam
where Fourie’s wife, Leandi and I were waiting with
our cameras. This resulted in one of my favourite
paintings of white Brahmans reflected in water. I
was also introduced to the magnificent herds at
Brandwater Boerdery, owned by Linde du Plessis. I
spent many happy hours capturing the shapes and
shadows of the young and mature bulls and cows
with their calves in this wonderful peaceful setting.
Linde du Plessis and his family have farmed these
lands for many generations, and one gets a real
sense of knowledge, permanence and history.
In July I staged an exhibition of my paintings at
Brandwater Boerdery during an auction held on
the farm. This was an exciting experience for me,
meeting local farmers and their families with whom
I previously had very little contact. My ambition now
is to travel the country painting other Brahman herds
with their natural landscapes in the background.
Denise can be contacted on art@denisefhill.co.za or
you can visit her website www.denisefhill.co.za
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Piouter
snuistery
“trinket” houer
Benodighede: kunsmessie en snymat, piouter, harde oppervlakte,
vilt, bolinstument (natrekker), papierpen, byewas, patina,
handskoen, Brasso, gom, “batting’, watte, baie fyn staalwol en
houer.
NB. Dit is die moeite werd om ‘n goeie gehalte piouter, en gom en
was wat spesiaal daarvoor bedoel is te gebruik.
1. Plaas vilt lappie op harde bord, plaas die piouter op die vilt
en die ontwerp op die piouter. Trek die ontwerp af met die
natrekker (klein balletjie). Dit moet nie skuif op die piouter
totdat ontwerp klaar afgetrek is nie. Verwyder die ontwerp.
2. Draai die piouter om, nog steeds op die vilt en begin die dele
van die patroon wat moet uitstaan uitdruk met die papierpen.
Waar die ontwerp aaneenloop ignoreer u op hierdie stadium
die detail en druk die hele gedeelte uit (hoë relief ). Draai
piouter om en maak die dele wat plat moet bly glad (lae
relief ). U hou met hierdie proses aan totdat u die verlangde
diepte bereik het.
3. Nou begin u met die detail: druk die blare van die blom wat
hoër as die ander moet wees dieper uit (laag-op-laag metode)
en sit die are in, ens.
4. Vul die hol gedeeltes in met die was om die vorm te behou
(was moet vloeibaar wees, as dit begin rook is dit te warm….
wees asb versigtig en moenie dat kinders daarmee werk nie).
Moenie die werkstuk beweeg voordat die was gestol het nie.
Indien was op ander dele van die werkstuk beland laat dit
koud word en verwyder deur kookwater daaroor te laat vloei
of vryf af met terpentyn.
5. Maak die ontwerp skoon (vetterigheid van u hande) met watte
en babapoeier (vryf net liggies daaroor). Trek u handskoen
aan en begin nou met die veroudering deur patina met die
batting aan te wend, net liggies totdat die piouter swart
is (klad met ‘n sneesdoekie om alle oortollige druppels te
verwyder). Wend Brasso aan met watte.
Vryf nou die brasso af met ‘n skoon watte totdat u die
verlangde effek het.
6. Smeer gom aan die agterkant van die piouter en plaas in
posisie op die houer. Gebruik ‘n sagte doekie bv. “nappi liner”
om skoon te vryf en vas te druk.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . en sie daar, ‘n pronkstuk!
Polkadot Craft Studio, Pretty Gardens Leefstylsentrum,
Langenhovenpark, Bloemfontein, Tel. 051 451 1714
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AFRICAN
FARMERS WORKSHOP
Die stalletjies van Die Brahman Beestelersgenootskap
en Marinus van Jaarsveld (Meadowood Brahmane) is
saamgevoeg en kon sodoende 14 Brahmane uitstal tydens
die “African Farmers Workshop”. Met die toestemming van die
Raad is Mnre. Riaan Theron (RAT Brahmane), Andries Marx
(Marxville Brahmane) en Pieter de Bruin (Madiba) almal van
die Vaalrivier Klub uitgenooi om beeste uit te stal tydens
bogenoemde.
Verskeie van ons telers van sover as Natal het ook ‘n draai
gemaak by die stalletjies.
Op die 16de Augustus 2012 was daar ‘n inligtingsessie in
die ouditorium en het Marinus van Jaarsveld sowat 120
belangstellendes toegespreek oor die Brahman se herkoms,
waarde en die hedendaagse Brahman in Afrika. Afgevaardiges
en belangstellende het entoesiasties vrae gevra en na sy
lesing is hulle gevra om te verskuif na die fisiese uitstalruimte
a.g.v. die aantal vrae wat hy moet beantwoord.
Verskeie besoekers is na die praatjie by die stalletjie ontvang,
en was almal baie beïndruk met die stalletjie en dan ook die
Brahmanbees in die algemeen.
Klere van die Brahman Beestelersgenootskap is verkoop, veral
die promosieartikels soos hoede, plakkers en werkshemde.
Brosjures en Joernaal boeke is uitgegee en sodoende is
verskeie mense ontmoet.
Donderdagoggend is ons verras met ‘n groep studente,
die meeste vanaf die Vaal National Youth Development
Association (NYDA). Studente van ander tersiêre inrigtings
sover as Venda en Polokwane het ons ook besoek.
Op Donderdagaand tydens die gala dinee het die Lid van die
Uitvoerende Raad van Gauteng die boere veral bedank wat dit
bygewoon het en sy het afgesluit met die aanhaling ”Eendrag
maak Mag”. Hierdie stelling is meer merkwaardig aangesien
15 – 17 AUGUSTUS/AUGUST 2012
Marinus van Jaarsveld & Sytze Smit
The stalls of the Brahman Cattle Breeders’ Society and that
of Marinus van Jaarsveld (Meadowood Brahmane) were
grouped together and 14 Brahmans could be exhibited at
the “African Farmers’ Workshop”. With the permission of
Council, Vaalriver Club members, Messrs Riaan Theron (RAT
Brahmans), Andries Marx (Marxville Brahmans) and Pieter de
Bruin (Madiba), were invited to exhibit cattle at this occasion.
Several of our breeders, some as far as Natal, paid a visit to
the stalls.
On 16 August 2012 there was an information session in
the auditorium and Marinus van Jaarsveld addressed 120
interested attendants on the origin of the Brahman, its value
and the present day Brahman in Africa. Delegates and others
in the audience were enthused into asking many questions,
which were answered in detail at the physical exhibition area
after the lecture.
Various visitors were received at the stall after the talk and
were very impressed by the stall and the Brahman breed in
general.
Clothing of the Brahman Cattle Breeders’ Society was sold,
in particular promotional articles, such as hats, stickers,
and casual shirts. Brochures and Brahman Journals were
distributed and contact was made with many people in the
process.
On the Thursday morning we were surprised by a group
of students, most of them from the Vaal National Youth
Development Association (NYDA). Students from other
tertiary institutions as far as Venda and Polokwane also paid
us a visit.
On Thursday evening during the gala dinner a member of
the Executive Council of Gauteng extended a special word
of thanks to the farmers who attended and concluded with
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die toekenning tydens hierdie geleentheid gemaak is en
gedoen is aan swart opkomende boere wat hulself bewys het
deur harde werk, en die gebruikmaak van kennis wat verskaf
is deur ander boere segmente.
Volgens die Organiseerders was daar sowat 5000 mense deur
die hekke en blyk dit die grootste skou van sy soort te wees
wat vir African Farmers aangebied word.
Sytze Smit het die verrigtinge meegemaak en kon verskeie
belangstellendes met goeie raad bystaan. Riaan, Pieter en
Andries het ook heelwat tyd daar deurgebring en kan ek
onomwonde se dat die Brahmanras gedien en bevoordeel
is. Die Brahmane was op die voorgrond en kon enigeen wat
meer inligting wou hê oor die ras dit kry en ook die beeste
sien en vrae daaroor vra.
Dit is baie duidelik dat kwaliteit Brahman beeste altyd ‘n mark
sal hê. Opkomende boere en jong potensiële boere het die
Brahman gekies as een van hul eerste keuses. Die uitdaging
lê daarin om goeie produktiewe teeldiere teen billike pryse
aan hierdie marksegment beskikbaar te stel.
the citation “Unity is Strength”. This citation was especially
appropriate, seen in the light of the presentation that
was made at this occasion to black emerging farmers who
had proved themselves through hard work and the use of
knowledge supplied by other farming segments.
Acording to the organizers about 5 000 people passed
through the gates and it appears to have been the largest
show of this kind presented to African Farmers.
Sytze Smit attended the proceedings and could assisit several
interested people with good advice. Riaan, Pieter and Andries
also spent much time there and I can categorically say that
the Brahman was served and promoted. The Brahmans were
in the forefront and anyone wanting to obtain information
could readily receive it and also see the animals and ask
questions.
It is clear that there will always be a market for quality
Brahmans. Emerging and young potential farmers put the
Brahman as one of their first choices. The challenge lies in
presenting this segment of the market with good productive
animals at reasonable prices.

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