AGRICULTURAL NEWS - Henning Vorster’s father, Willem, founded the Paddadors SA Mutton Merino stud in 1951. A few years later, his mother established the Bella Vos Stud.
Over the years, these studs have been farmed as one, and today, Henning manages both, with a total of 250 ewes.
Willem groomed Henning from an early age to take over the family Mutton Merinos, and Henning recalls how he was able to attend livestock sales during school hours.
“From Grade 3 my father informed the school principal that I would be going to Mutton Merino sales,’’ he recalls. “When the principal protested, my dad asked him if he thought he was the only one educating his son.’’
In 1979, Henning systematically began taking over the family Mutton Merinos, which is run on the 1 000ha farm, Bloubosfontein, near Middleburg in the Eastern Cape.
