Gert Johannes Erasmus is in 1941 in Graaff Reinet gebore waar hy ook sy skoolloopbaan aan Union High voltooi het. Sy naskoolse opleiding het aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch onder leiding van die legendariese Prof FX Laubscher begin.
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Posted on Dohne Course at Stutterheim
Three visitors from Uru-guay under the auspices of Mr. Cameron McMaster successfully completed the course for inspectors. Top local students, Izak Nel, Cassie Griffen and Bertie Michau all attained a mark of 70%. However our South American
Posted on National Sale 2015 – Pre-Sale Awards
The occasion of the National Sale of the Dohne Merino Breed Society was hosted by CMW on the 18th February 2015. An out-standing feature of this sale, was the well…
Posted on National Sale 2015
The 2015 National Dohne Sale will start at 18h00, 18 February at the sheep Complex, Bloemfontein Show Grounds. information on the rams for sale in the catalogue below, serves as an indication of …
Posted on Obituary – Barry Armstrong
The entire farming community of Cathcart and further afield, and in particular Dohne Merino breeders, both locally and as far as Australia and the Falkland islands, mourn the untimely and tragic passing of one of their best loved sons = Barry Armstrong
Posted on High prices for Dohne wool clips
Recently (Sept 2014) a Dohne wool clip from the Stutterheim area was sold at an average price of R 82.75 (Lox included). The highest greasy price realized was for AFY wool sold for R 99.20 /kg. The Main fleece lines – AF and AM were sold at
Posted on Basson Broers Auction
On the 8th October 2014 the Basson Broers held their annual production sale. This ram of Hoffie Basson sold for the highest price of R50 000 on the sale. 88 rams were offer and sold with the average price being R9926. On the photo from
Posted on Taking Williston kids to the beach
Councillor Marcellene van Rooyen of Calvinia and other sponsors, sponsored this group of school children from Williston combined school on a trip to the coast. These children had never been to the sea before. A weekend was arranged where
Posted on SA’s Farmer of the Year for 2014
Roussouw Cilliè of Laastedrif Boerdery, Ceres who won the prestigious award of South Africa’s 2014 FARMER of the Year, follows in the footsteps of previous winners like Mr. Freddy Schmidt, Dohne Merino National Top Breeder…
Posted on Bessiesfontein Sale
At the 6th Production sale of Julius Beukes of Bessiesfontein this ram was the top priced ram sold. The price attained was R20 000. 56 rams sold for an average of R9741. In the photo from left to right are: Julius Beukers (seller), Jan…
Posted on World Merino Conference
Dohne Merino’s little corner at the Expo Day at the 9th World Merino Conference. We served free filter coffee for anyone who wanted and also free sheep biltong and dry wors was also available to taste. It was a big hit…
Posted on Skaap biltong resep
Sny biltong uit die boude en die rugstring van die karkas. Die res van die karkas kan afgesny word en daarmee maak jy heerlike wors (nat of droog). Speserye vir biltong is eie keuse van hetsy ‘n boere resep of klaar gekoopte biltong…
Posted on PP Mong Trust
Thank you Cameron for the following sale information. The sale of PP Mong Trust was held on 3 June. This ram was sold for R28 000, the highest price for a ram on the sale. The sale went very well with all 51 rams on offer being sold for an …
Posted on Farmer’s Day at Brandfort
On 18 June Region 5 hosted a Farmer’s Day at Brandfort. It was a very informative day supported by inspectors and Dohne breeders of the region. The morning session saw the manager explaining some very important aspects of …
Posted on PP Mong, Doh-net-so Dohnes – Production sale 2018
After staging a very successful viewing day to kickstart the spring sales season in the Southern Cape, Bertus Mong held his annual production sale on the 5th of June 2018. A total of 51 rams were sold at the average price of……