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Kleinboere • Smallholder Farmers

Mr Tshwana and Farmers 2012 Farmers doing practical hand-picking.
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which also included a basic method of calibration of a knapsack accompanied the cotton farmers, who attended the Cotton Skills Pro-
sprayer. gramme at Tompi Seleka, Limpopo.
No excursion to the local cotton gin could be arranged for the learners The final documentation and reports relating to the 2012/2013
as the gin was not operational yet for the 2012/2013 season intake of are being compiled in preparation for the Moderator to do the final
harvested cotton. This matter is still outstanding and needs further evaluation and recommendations before the certificates may be
attention to ensure that farmers gain more knowledge on the value- handed to the learners.
adding process of cotton. Mr Tshwana, acting Head of the College, By: Mr D Mtsweni and Dr M Botha, Cotton SA Training facilitators.

Swara oTeese Molimi says thank you

The members of Swara oTeese Molimi Farmers association are once again in the process of harvesting the fruits of their
labour. As the crop comes pouring in, the members wish to express their gratitude to the following two organizations.

walt laNDgoeD
A special word of appreciation to Messrs. Willem and Petri Van der
Walt from Settlers who donated cotton seed to the association, which
enabled them to plant an extra 12 ha of cotton.
agroN Biological fertilizer
Based at Schoeman Boerdery, Marble Hall, exceptional generosity was
displayed by this organization, once again showing how companies

Willem van der Walt, Frans Malella and Petri Van der Walt, the benefactors.

can make a contribution to the small grower sector. The residues from
the factory are made available to small-scale farmers as a donation.
What makes liquid fertilizer exceptional, is the organic content(carbon
compound). Humates and fulvates in combination with N:P:K and
trace elements make this contribution extremely valuable as small
scale farmers rarely use any fertilizer at all.

Maggie Ngobeni (extention officer), collects the first batch of Agron Bio Fertilizer from
Benefactors: Louise Jansen (Marketing Manager) and Jaco Eksteen (CEO).

Katoen sa Cotton 13 Jan - Mei/May 2013