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Raymund de Villiers
New breeder wins BIG title
At this year’s Alfa Expo in Parys, relatively new breeder Raymund de Villiers, took the
title of Hinterland National Interbreed Bull Champion.
 By Aubrey Kruger
Senwes Scenario Editor
H
e achieved this with his bull
named Ace. Raymund is very
pleased. "It is unbelievable,
that is the only way I can
describe it." Raymund is from the farm
Joubertsrus in the Sannieshof district,
where he farms with SantaRay Santa
Gertrudis stud animals. He is very proud,
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as he puts it, “to have won the Nampo of
the cattle world - there is nothing better.”
When asked who his role model in the
breeding industry is, he mentions Willie
de Jager, also a big Santa breeder and
judge - “I have never received bad advice
from Willie.”
It is a competitive industry and little bits
of information are gathered as breeders
phone one another and exchange infor-
mation. Raymund says that his wife Irma,
who has a B.Sc Animal Science degree
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behind her name, supports him a lot.
The question on everyone’s lips is,
what set his bull apart to win the title this
year? “He has a very strong loin area and
his hair quality was exceptional on the
day,” Raymond said proudly.
Hinterland's Phillip Lee, Manager,
Livestock Farming Solutions, who visited
Raymund with Senwes Scenario, said:
“There were no poor quality bulls. Ace
is one of only a few bulls within his huge
meat capacity which is not overly fat. That