IN T HE SPO TL IG HT
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Gaming on
their farm is
for their own
consumption as
they are not yet
part of the explosion in the
gaming sector.
Herbert is a John Deere man with seven John Deere tractors,
one John Deere sprayer as well as a John Deere harvester.
conditions we will be able to harvest a crop.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL
Herbert married Adré in 2001 and they will be celebrating
their 17th anniversary on 27 April. They have a twelve-year
old daughter, Arné.
LABOURERS
Herbert runs a tight ship at Twee Oewers and has twelve
full-time workers. He talks about the trend of more specialised workers and is of the opinion that it is an evolution process. He tries to appoint people and to train them
on a contiuous basis. However, it is a long process to get a
good team together.
One often hears of farmers moving away from the traditional family farming concept. The shares in Herbert’s
company are tradeable, which [