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SENWES NAMPO celebrate 52 !
Senwes will be represented again this year at the agricultural calendar ’ s premier event , The Nampo Harvest Day from 15-18 May 2018 near Bothaville . This year marks the 52 nd year of the The Nampo Harvest Day .
By Mbali Skosana
Senwes Grainlink Managing Executive , Pieter Malan , said that Grainlink is proud to be associated with Nampo and that the Grainlink stall is always popular with clients as well as people not familiar with the agricultural industry , particularly the procurement , handling and storage of grain .
“ The Grainlink stall is manned by Senwes staff who will take you on a virtual reality tour of a silo and share the finer points of grain management and marketing .”
Senwes will again be a co-sponsor of Nation in Conversation , the country ’ s most respected agricultural talk show ( see more information on Nation in Conversation at Nampo elsewhere in Senwes Scenario .)
Preparations are well underway and the Assistant Manager for Nampo &
Marketing , Toit Wessels , says their main aim is to splash agriculture by providing more stalls , “ there were 715 stalls and exhibitions last year and there will be 750 this year ’’. When asked to mention three new exciting things happening this year , Toit said that there will be farm stalls selling strawberries and cream , olives and different types of cheese . “ The ladies programme is something to look forward to as well because it gets better each year
Come visit the Senwes Grainlink stall at Nampo 2018 .
- there is a great programme lined up for the ladies ,” he said .
Meanwhile , Southern Capetonians can look forward to Nampo Cape in September 2018 . “ The whole idea is to introduce the Nampo culture , happenings and successes to the people in the Cape ,’’ Toit said . Senwes will also be a part of Nampo Cape as it will be a co-sponsor of Nation in Conversation to be broadcasted from Nampo Cape as well s
Bothaville first with training for farm labourers in short
THE FIRST FARM labourer training session was held at the Hinterland branch in Bothaville in the Free State , where a total of 34 farm labourers from 13 producers in the area , attended the training session . On the photo are guest speakers Sipho Mvuyana ( Business Development Manager , RCL Foods : Animal Feeds – Epol and Molatek ), Phillip Lee ( Hinterland
Animal Production Solutions Manager ) and John Khoza ( MSD , Animal Health - Technical Specialist and Small-scale Farming ). Lee said that it was the first training of its kind at Hinterland .
The practical training was done in February 2018 . For more information or to have such a training session in your area , contact Phillip Lee on 082 971 8692 .
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SENWES SCENARIO | AUTUMN 2018