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THE NINE PROVINCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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Tours in the
Northern and Central Provinces
Stage
2 (15-17 March)
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Delegates will have a choice of six
different guided theme tours in various parts of the northern,
central en eastern provinces of South
Africa to showcase outstanding agricultural and farming activities, so
as to cater for different interests.
Delegates will leave
Mabalingwe on Sunday afternoon and depart early Monday morning on the
following tours.
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Tour
1 (Gauteng and Mpumalanga)
Dairy,
research and wildlife
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Holstein dairy farm,
Bronkhorstspruit |
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Ayrshire dairy farm,
Pretoria |
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Taurus
AI Centre, Pretoria
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Milk South Africa (umbrella
organisation for SA’s dairy industry), Pretoria |
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The Agricultural Research
Council’s Irene Institute, Pretoria |
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* Fly from Johannesburg
to Cape Town |
Tour 2 (Gauteng and Free State
Province)
Beef cattle,
research, sustainable agriculture and wildlife
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The Agricultural research
Council’s Irene Institute, Pretoria |
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Taurus
AI Centre, Pretoria
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Brahman breeder, Kroonstad |
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Game ranching, Kroonstad |
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Simmentaler and Simbra
breeder, Arlington |
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Bonsmara breeder, Excelsior |
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Centre for Sustainable
Agriculture, Free State University, Bloemfontein |
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* Fly from Bloemfontein
to Cape Town
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Tour
3 (Limpopo and Mpumalanga)
Fruit,
vegetable, research and wildlife
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Bertie van Zyl, former
National Farmer of the Year and Africa’s biggest tomato producer,
Mooketsi |
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Fruit production, Tzaneen |
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Mango and Avocado Producers
Organisations, Tzaneen |
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Hoedspruit Cheetah and
Wildlife Centre, Hoedspruit |
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Banana
Producers Organisation, Nelspruit
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Fly from Johannesburg to
Cape Town
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Tour
4 (KwaZulu-Natal)
Wildlife,
sugar cane, fruit, developing agriculture and research
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Charl Senekal, former Farmer
of the Year and SA’s biggest producer of sugar cane, Mkuze |
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Game ranching, Mkuze |
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Agri Tourism in
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Fred Visser, former Farmer
of the Year and big pineapple producer |
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Small farmer development in
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Sugar research station,
Durban |
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* Fly from Durban to Cape
Town
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Tour 5 (North West and Free
State Province)
Grain,
wildlife, research and sustainable agriculture
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The Agricultural Council’s
Grain Crops Institute, Potchefstroom |
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Grain South Africa,
Bothaville |
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Farming with lions,
Bothaville |
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New Holland, our main
sponsor, Bothaville |
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Visit a grain farmer,
Bothaville |
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Centre for Sustainable
Agriculture, Free State University, Bloemfontein. |
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* Fly from Bloemfontein
to Cape Town
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Tour
6 (Eastern Cape)
Wool, mohair,
wildlife and developing agriculture)
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* Fly from Johannesburg
to Port Elizabeth
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Merino wool farmer, Graaff
Reinet |
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Merino Head Office, Graaff
Reinet |
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Mohair producer, Graaff
Reinet |
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Annual mohair show, Graaff
Reinet |
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Game ranching, Graaff Reinet |
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Valley of
Desolation, Graaff Reinet |
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Developing wool producers,
Eastern Cape |
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Fly from George to Cape
Town
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For the last leg of the
congress - use LINK - Stage 3
for the tour in the Western Cape ( 17 - 19 March)
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