Mixed farming: Key to livestock success for Free State farmer

Nelius Ferreira, the Free State’s Top Young Farmer for 2018, focuses on quality production in a global marketplace. Sabrina Dean visited him on his farm near Harrismith to learn more.

Journalist Sabrina Dean, Farmer's Weekly

Monday, 04 March 2019, 09:49
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Mixed farming: Key to livestock success for Free State farmer
The neat, well-organised commercial livestock set-up at the Ferreiras’ farm, Grootdraai, in the Eeram district near Harrismith in the Free State. Ferreira’s office is located inside the feed store and feed mixing area. Nearby are the feedlot camps, with a standing capacity for 1 350 cattle, and the camp where precision trials such as phase-D tests are conducted. Photo: Sabrina Dean

AGRICULTURAL NEWS - Nelius Ferreira, 37, 2018 Free State Agriculture’s Young Farmer of the Year, says there are numerous elements that feed into the success of a family business.

But at Ferrero Bonsmaras the focus is undoubtedly on quality production.

Ferreira studied as an engineer before joining the farming operation in partnership with his father Kiewiet and brothers Theo and Johan.

The business, located on the farm Grootdraai near Harrismith in the eastern Free State, comprises six separate farm units and practises various types of cropping, as well as beef cattle production and apple farming.

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