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brother Francois offers veterinary
services. Johan does everything
the easy way: “I do everything the
chemical way - I don’t hoe, I don’t
plough. I kill chemically, rip and
then plant. The easier the better.”
He says that they do extensive
cultivar and fertiliser tests to make
sure that they use the right pro
ducts.
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He delivers almost all his grain at
the Senwes Welgeleë silo, which
is a short distance from the farm.
He has a good relationship with
silo manager Piet Nel. A small
portion of the grain is marketed
by Senwes’ Jaco Maree.
Johan has a lot of respect for
his spares manager at Welkom,
Neil Basson - “he thinks ahead
and orders in advance for me.
If I order before 10:00, I receive
the spares the next morning.”
He never tires of talking about
Wesselsbron tractor technician,
Myburgh de Bruyn - “He really is
very good.”
He gets on well with the
Welkom branch manager, JD du
Plessis, and relationship manager
Estelle Hattingh, where he buys
all his seed and most of his fer
tiliser. Johan has five John Deere
tractors, as well as a sprayer and a
harvester.
MODELLE EN JACK RUSSELS
This article would not be com
plete without mentioning Johan
and his father’s John Deere model
collection of approximately 2 500
models. Senwes CEO, Francois
Strydom, has visited this collec
tion.
There are Jack Russels every
where on the farm. Mia drives
with him everywhere he goes,
Belly jogs with Juanita and don’t
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A John Deere farm! Johan van Huyssteen’s John Deere harvester. He has also five John
Deere tractors, as well as a John Deere sprayer.
forget about Rusty, Cindy, Vlekkie
and Ore.
Johan would like to thank
his wife, Juanita, and his parents
Johan and Elize for their support,
as well as his brother, Francois, for
his contributions. He would also
like to thank Senwes: “Senwes is a
good and honest company - one
does not have to worry about
doing business with them.”
Last but not least, with
out his nine labourers, Elias
Tlhapi, Makola Theletsane,
Lawrence Makhabani, Moeketsi
Kholoanyane, Isaac Ntsodo, James
Thibile, Motseko Mphongoa,
Ezekile Kgoloanyane and Thys
Liphalane, he would not have
been able to win the title.
Faithful personnel! The people that work on the farm are Elias Tlhapi, Makola Theletsane,
Lawrence Makhabani, Moeketsi Kholoanyane, Isaac Ntsodo, James Thibile, Motseko
Mphongoa, Ezekile Kgoloanyane and Thys Liphalane.
The Young Farmer in the Global Market
This was the theme of the Free
State Agriculture Young Farmer
Conference held on 6 April in
Bloemfontein. Dr Dirk Strydom
was the keynote speaker and
his words were “Globalisation
is one of the aspects which will
become increasingly important,
policies will change even more
and adjustments will have to be
made”.
Senwes was one of the spon
sors of the conference, which
was attended by approximately
120 young farmers from the
Free State, sponsors and the
media.
Strydom also indicated that
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technology had to be used to
keep up with agricultural trends.
He said that it was important to
focus on research, benchmarking
in order to minimise losses, mar
keting and cash flow.
The conference was conclu
ded with a gala dinner where
Johan van Huyssteen, a Senwes
customer, was crowned as the
Free State Young Farmer for
2017. Van Huyssteen farms on
the farm Bloekom near Virginia.
He will represent the Free State
in the national competition.
Senwes Scenario’s best wishes
accompany him for this national
competition.