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Ting : “ My mom gave me the name when I was a couple of months old and it stuck . However , she never explained the why to me .” Be that as it may . Ting , together with his brother Angus , is the fourth generation to own Damview Farming and the Spioenkop Dam below the homestead plays an important part in the family ’ s history .
“ Tony is our dad and his grandparents on his mother ’ s side owned the land before the dam was built . After it was built , they only had two small pieces of land left on either side of the dam and they moved to where we are now . My dad built the business up from there .”
We will discover more about the legacy of Tony ’ s passion , hard work and success later on .
Ting is responsible for the Brahman stud , while Angus oversees the crops – maize and soya . Their sister Pippa is responsible for the feedlot , abattoir and butchery .
“ Maize and soya do extremely well here . All due to our high rainfall and heat units .”
The love of the Brahman breed started with Ting ’ s grandfather and was passed on to Tony and eventually to him .
“ I was a boy of around five years old when the breed caught my eye and I fell in love with them , too . Moreover , this breed does very well here ,” he explains .
Although Brahmans do well anywhere , Ting ’ s main motivation
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2 . Any Taurus cow cross-bred with a Brahman will produce strong cows with exceptional mothering abilities .
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