Yoani Borans a perspective by Robin Stanley (KENYA) Yoani Farm was one of the smaller land holdings in Machakos district and the last to have been allocated and bought by the early settlers. It was covered by thick bush, lion and hyena in plenty and there was no permanent water. It had a hilly and rough terrain compared to other farms on the Athi-Kapiti plains and really wasn t the top choice of properties. During WW2 Robin W. Stanley (Snr) and his wife Mona managed F O B Wilson Limited farm at KilimaKiu which when sold later became Aimi ma Kilungu. After the war Yoani came up for allocation and Robin Snr put in a bid to buy the land. His reputation as a cattleman and his service in a reserved occupation during the war helped and in 1947 he bought LR 1748 of 5048 acres. What you see was what you get! There was no water supply and the arduous and expensive task of drilling for water started. The first three drilling attempts failed and the money ran out! Robin and Mona went to work in Subukia in 1950 to save again to invest in the farm and came back in 1953, drilled again and struck water in 1954. The supply was not huge, 300 gallons per hour, but it provided some water security for developing the farm and creating a small herd was now a reality. In those days the immediate neighbours were large, well-developed properties. Notably: F.O B Wilson Ltd., Joyce Ltd, Kima Estate (Jock Stanley), Mousley & Sons Limited at Kiu and Jack Blowers at Marwa Sisal Estate. At Sultan Hamud was Ken Sands and further on at Emali was W.B. Thomson later to become Norman Peckover s. They all ran cattle, breeding the likes of Aberdeen Angus, Ayrshire, Sahiwal, Guernsey, and Dairy Shorthorn. Of course Boran was the foundation of all the herds. Dairying was the cash enterprise that developed almost every farm in the district. Dairy ranching, with a pull-suck system where the cows were separated from their calves overnight and milked in the morning, was the norm in the area. Large numbers of cows were run on these ranches and there was a lot of milk produced. F. O B Wilson Ltd milked up to 900 cows by machine and had their own processing factory, as did Joyce Limited and Kima Estate. The Stanleys at Yoani delivered their milk to Kima Estate to be pasteurized and sent daily on the overnight milk train to Mombasa. An old photograph shows the Kima Estate lorry loaded with 80 milk cans (4,000 litres) ready to go to the station. That is still an impressive statistic in any dry-land area. After Robin & Mona s son David returned from Australia in 1959, the three tackled the development of Yoani in earnest. In 1968 Jane Stanley joined the team with wholehearted enthusiasm. In 1971 a Caterpillar D6C bulldozer was bought and development of the land carried on apace. Dams, roads, erosion control drains and most importantly the thick bush cleared and the carrying capacity soon doubled. Stanley & Son Limited was formed in 1975. The Kenya Dairy Board intervened and stopped the Mombasa milk market to give favour to the Mariakani Milk Scheme. This meant that in Machakos District milk supplies had to be delivered to Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) factory in Enterprise Road, Nairobi. Milk suppliers were regulated by quota and contract and the price was set according to KCC performance. The milk cheque was invariably late by sixty days. Any desire to expand a milk business meant a farmer had to buy quota at a premium price. Failure to deliver was penalized by a quota cut. This quota restriction prevented expansion and forced David and Jane to think again as to how to educate their two sons, William and Robin. The only route was to by-pass KCC and get into added value products. Stanley & Son Limited bought a cream business in Nairobi and with the fame of Brian Granville-Ross of Endesha Distributers Limited together built the Stanley Cream business for twenty years in the 80 s and 90 s. In 1993 Yoani was into a very bad drought and was obliged to feedlot the dairy cows (zero-grazing). Amichai Naveh, the animal nutrition specialist 114 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
of Agriner Limited helped formulate the rations. In this way the dry season milk supply for cream was maintained. When the milk industry was finally deregulated and the price of whole milk decontrolled, it allowed Yoani to supply milk to local distributors who were desperate to get started in business. Then the purchase of the first RMH 320 feed mixer wagon from Israel followed, to provide cows with a Total Mixed Ration (TMR). This was a real labour saving move because hay, silage, molasses and concentrate feeds could be accurately measured and easily fed out to groups of cattle at different stages of lactation with different feed requirements. Soon after, in 1996, came a new model of mixer wagon the RMH 420 which is still in use on Yoani today. This is a powerful machine and able to cope with up to 4 tonnes of feed at each mix. In 1998 Robin (Jnr) joined the Stanley team having excelled at Massey University in New Zealand. He was well versed in the latest research in Ruminant Nutrition and Farm Management. He could not have arrived at a time when Yoani was in a more perfect condition. El Niño rains were on and the farm was green grass from one end to the other. To make hay the grass had to be draped on fence lines to dry. Needless to say within the first month all grand ideas break-feeding the milking cows came down with a thump when the electric fence energizer and battery were stolen out of a metal box having only been there one night! Any grand ideas of a Kiwi system were stymied as the reality of where we were farming sank in. However, not all of Yoani was suitable for running exotic dairy cows. Hilly terrain and thick bush is suited to tougher types. A beef herd of 120 F1 Boran cross Friesian cows bred from selected Friesian cows ran very effectively. These F1 s are back-crossed to Boran to produce three-quarter Boran steers and heifers. Only the best Friesians are served with progeny tested Friesian A.I. for dairy replacements and the rest are served by registered Boran Bulls to breed replacements for the ranching herd. There were always a handful of registered Boran cows running with the ranching herd and these were used to breed bulls for serving the dairy cows. In the early 90s there was severe bout of calf scours in the hand reared dairy calves and the losses made a big hole in the replacements for the dairy herd. A quick decision was made and the commercial F1 Boran cross Friesian cows were transferred to milking duties and this temporarily brought an end to the commercial herd. The cross breeds easily convert to milking, showing their dual purpose and adaptable nature. The transfer reduced the ranching herd as most had now become milk farmers. In August 1993 David bought fifteen registered Foundation heifers from John and Jane Kenyon at Mogwooni Ltd and in March 1994 another eighteen heifers from Gilfrid Powys at Kisima Pinguone, now Suyian Ltd. The Yoani Boran stud resumed in earnest with about 40 cows. The first bull used on the Mogwooni heifers was 373/42 bought from Solio Ranch where Pat Smith was managing. 373/42 was a well-muscled stocky type and had already been serving dairy bulling heifers. When the Pinguone heifers arrived, a 10 year old Solio bull 109/30 was put with the whole herd. He had been the main working bull in the crossbreds achieving impressive calving percentages. One year he achieved a 100% pregnancy rate. 109/30 and 373/42 formed the backbone of the Yoani Boran stud. 109 s was noted for excellent feet and legs and the bull continued serving until he was 16 years old. He was put down in the 2000 drought. We managed to collect 1600 straws of semen from 109/30 which was stored at C.A.I.S. for use on our Friesians. Unfortunately, when about 1000 straws were remaining an error at C.A.I.S. spoilt the remaining doses. This was a terrible loss of irreplaceable genetics. 109/30 had the ability to nick well with cows and produce good quality progeny with longevity traits. One of his sons (943/109) while at Suyian had semen collected. It is understood that there are about 500 doses of his semen still stored at OlPejeta. David and Jane became synonymous with the running of the early Livestock Breeders Show & Sale under the chairmanship of Mary Nevill. Together with Nancy Shaban they ran the show office and the treasury until 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 115
the time that Brookside took over. Showing cattle is excellent fun and always good to keep ones eye in to what other breeders are achieving with their Borans. Yoani was pretty successful at showing and sometimes we struck lucky and came away with the champion bull in 2000, 2004 and reserve champion in 2011. It does not define Yoani s existence as it was up against large stud herds and as one knows, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The idea of the F1 Milking cow class as a display was initiated in 1999. The feedback from show goers and the knock-on success of this tough animal that was excellent for the small holder, spurred on the policy of maintaining the F1 as a key part of the dairying enterprise. At present there are about170 crossbred milk cows with the majority being ¾ Friesian ¼ Boran. These are turning out to be the perfect cow for the conditions and a conservation feeding system has been developed to provide for the higher yields. It has become obvious that having the Boran traits in a dairy cow make it a low maintenance, commercial dairy animal. We are not just talking of any Boran blood! The performance statistics show that the Yoani Borans are currently have an average of 410 day calving interval. This trait has influenced the crossbred and a60% first service conception rate is achieved; up from 52% with Friesian. This has a significant impact on the profitability of a commercial dairy system. One of the most important principles is that tough selection of the heifers is crucial to the herd. The female progeny of any sire will have a far greater impact on the future and success of the herd. Long after the prime steers have been sold and the show bulls have won their prizes, replacement heifers will still remain on the farm producing the next generation. Selection is very harsh especially on feet, legs, adaptability, calving interval and post weaning growth rate(based on the research by ReinhardTonn.***) Yoani produces outstanding bulls each year for the Stud market, but the majority are sold to the local ranchers in Kajiado, Ukambani and Taita Taveta. The aim is to select female bloodlines producing bulls able to achieve growth rates of 16 kg per month. Not much faith is put in weaner weights or the percentage of the dam s weight achieved as these are measures of the maternal environment. Instead, the post-weaning performance using 300 and 600 day weights is the main selection criteria. (Based on the research by ReinhardTonn.***) *** The suitability of Boran and its Crosses with European Breeds for Beef Production under range conditions in Kenya, ReinhardTonn, 1974 116 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
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REGISTERED NAME TELEPHONE FAX MOBILE EMAIL PREFIX HDM DORP PROVINCE ROCKDALE INDUSTRIAL (PTY) LTD 013-291 5600 013-291 5611 082-388 3188 finance@rockd.co.za ROCKDALE RKHF MIDDELBURG MPUMALANGA DR. N.F. & J.B. ALBERTS 013-282 7064-082-894 8755 koosalberts9@gmail.com, kalberts@lantic.net TRIPLE A AAA MIDDELBURG MPUMALANGA GERMIT BOERDERY - - 073-075 8782 gerrit@letabalab.co.za GERMET GS NELSPRUIT MPUMALANGA PIET POTGIETER BORANE 017-826 2549-082-898 2530 herdsolution@lantic.net PIET POTGIETER PP PIET RETIEF MPUMALANGA CUSSANIA BOERDERY - - 082-326 7717 cussania@lantic.net CUSSANIA CUS PIET RETIEF MPUMALANGA WELGEKOZEN FAMILIE TRUST 017-826 0902 086-647 0513 082-785 1094 paulmouton@lantic.net WELGEKOZEN WFT PIET RETIEF MPUMALANGA CERILOG 228 CC 017-826 4660 017-826 0622 082-337 5836 herdsolution@lantic.net CERI JR PIET RETIEF MPUMALANGA MR C.M. MANSOOR 017-826 3875 086-566 6686 082-458 6456 aminamkmansoor@gmail.com LA YUSADDIQ ICM PIET RETIEF MPUMALANGA MNR. A.A. MULLER 013-747 2101-072-672 5090 liezelclotz@vodamail.co.za, RIEBEECK- X-TREME XT andrew@karinocitrus.co.za HOOGTE MPUMALANGA WILZAK TRUST 017-702 3033 017-702 3033 083-630 8090 johannri@mweb.co.za, wilzaktrust@gmail.com WILZAK WZ STANDERTON MPUMALANGA BOTHASBERG BOERDERY 013-271 7103 013-271 7103 082-487 0060 bothasbergboerdery@ telkomsa.net BOTHASBERG BAS STOFFBERG MPUMALANGA MNR. G.A. PETERSON 084-512 9229-082-810 9097 gottfriedpeterson@gmail.com VICANET PVO VOLKSRUST MPUMALANGA LUKA STUD (PTY) LTD 013-758 1860 013-758 2141 083-290 1111 cindy@galitos.co.za LUKA CCL WHITE RIVER MPUMALANGA LAEVELD BOERDERY 013-751 3800 013-751 2844 082-552 8453 norisco@mweb.co.za JANVER WC WITRIVIER MPUMALANGA NORTH WEST MNR. E.H. BOON - - 082-852 4581 edboon@mweb.co.za BOON FNJ BOONS NORTH WEST MNR. C.P. VOSLOO - - 078-868 6767 c.p.vosloo@gmail.com VOSLOOTROTS CPV BRAAMBOS MILITARY BASE NORTH WEST DR. R. DE LA REY 012-250 2359 012-250 2299 082-553 1260 lara@embryoplus.com EMBRIO PLUS EP BRITS NORTH WEST MNR. P.F. VAN STADEN 012-252 3750 086-249 2005 082-402 5033 sales@sb.co.za GENADE FVS BRITS NORTH WEST GRACELAND HYDROPONICS BK 012-255 0149 086-629 6966 082-574 6262 jvbjoubert@mweb.co.za OPKOMS JL BRITS NORTH WEST MARBOR BORAN STOET - 086-686 9241 082-808 0715 marborboran@gmail.com MARBOR MAR BRITS NORTH WEST MODEL BORANE - 012-254 0666 083-629 8236 elriwerner@gmail.com, Lara@embryoplus.com MODEL W BRITS NORTH WEST SAVANNA BORAN - - 082-783 0720 meintjeskr@gmail.com MEINTJESKROON MKB BRITS NORTH WEST MEJ. T. OBERHOLZER 012-255 0102-078-651 4706 oberholzer.thea.100@gmail. com COMBRETUM COM BRITS NORTH WEST MNR. J.J. BALT - - 072-247 3781 julian.balt@gmail.com JUBS JJB CARLETONVILLE NORTH WEST MNR. J.H. ERASMUS 014-549 2658 014-549 2100 083-664 0075 johan@jeras.co.za JERAS JRS DERBY NORTH WEST I.D. VAN ZYLTRUST 014-549 2011 086-656 3083 083-273 8332 admin@fonteineboran.co.za FONTEINE FN DERBY NORTH WEST MNR. A.T. FERREIRA 053-642 2411-082-944 9180 uilfontein@gmail.com GARIP A HANOVER NORTH WEST BEATRIX BOERDERY 018-469 2275 018-469 2276 082-448 3552 attie@transem.co.za BON BEATRIX BEA KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST MESHINDA BOERDERY 018-462 3369 018-462 7260 083-463 8194 etienne@greenlandsbrahmane.co.za GREENLANDS DELB KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST SAFARI NAMIBIë 018-473 3330 086-662 0404 082-787 0222 michel@maximuswild.co.za, m.potgieter2@gmail.com SN SNB KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST MNR. P.R. JANSE VAN VUUREN - 086-633 4567 083-625 6535 trudiej@mweb.co.za SAVAGE PRV KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST MAXIMUS BORANE 018-473 3330 018-473 3033 082-570 5482 brahwel@webmail.co.za WELMAX MAX KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST SAFARI BORANE - - 082-570 5482 michel@maximuswild.co.za SAF SAF KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST DIE WILGE BOERDERY BK - 086-538 2040 082-552 0055 pectocur@safricom.co.za DIE WILGE AM KOCKSPARK NORTH WEST BRESLAU BORANE 014-536 3916 014-536 3648 083-635 7407 johan@breslau.co.za JLS JLS KROONDAL NORTH WEST MNR. J.H. MOUTON 014-534 0474 014-534 0474 073-177 8889 bwstaal@bosblanco.co.za, kosike@bosblanco.co.za CHROME MOU KROONSTAD NORTH WEST CHARIS BORANE 018-632 7740 018-632 7779 082-824 6063 heinrich@dhj.co.za CHAR-BOR CH LICHTENBURG NORTH WEST PRATOS BORANE 082-532 7356 018-632 1455 084-606 4817 pratosborane@gmail.com PRATOS PT LICHTENBURG NORTH WEST MNR. E.M. BEYERS 018-632 7031 018-632 4503 082-944 0763 e-beyers@hotmail.com, beyersa@intekom.co.za BEYERS BEY LICHTENBURG NORTH WEST 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 123
REGISTERED NAME TELEPHONE FAX MOBILE EMAIL PREFIX HDM DORP PROVINCE MPOWER GROUP 018-632 0050 086-541 7949 082-466 8361 wiekus@meatmaster.org.za PRINCESS PRIN LICHTENBURG NORTH WEST BLACKIES BORAN - - 084-832 2543 Cbjblack@icloud.com BLACKIES CWZ MAGALIESBURG NORTH WEST MNR. W.J. GROBBELAAR - 086-504 7029 083-264 2472 WillemG@Nwet.co.za DEO JUVANTE DJ OTTOSDAL NORTH WEST MR L.P. RASELEKA 014-569 7964 086-616 5606 082-336 5227 lebopr1@mweb.co.za THEBEPHATSHWA LPR PHOKENG NORTH WEST TOM S BORANS 018-011 0342 018-297 2455 082-586 0444 katbos@lantic.net TOM`S TF POTCHEFSTROOM NORTH WEST JAVANAS BORAN STOET - 018-294 5579 072-993 9676 javanaswegen@gmail.com JAVANAS AVA POTCHEFSTROOM NORTH WEST MEV. P. KIRSTEIN 018-291 1127 018-291 1128 082-852 8116 anelkirstein@hotmail.com NOEKANYA PK POTCHEFSTROOM NORTH WEST AMORE-RHYN BELEGGINGS PTY LTD 014-597 4328 086-607 9688 082-455 7517 admin@meccaholdings.co.za BASHA AH PROTEA PARK NORTH WEST MALAO BORAN STUD - - 082-634 1629 basnabaafricaprojects@ gmail.com MALAO BRM RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST SKOONHEID BORANE 053-963 2900 053-963 2785 082-926 7311 kkriek@lantic.net SKOONHEID SPK SCHWEIZER RENEKE NORTH WEST KIERAS BOERDERY 053-950 0029 053-963 1114 083-285 2460 admin@kieras.co.za, SCHWEIZER KIERA K kierie@wasp-sa.co.za RENEKE NORTH WEST TRIPLE O BORAN 018-462 0632-083-273 6181 rianne@spdsa.co.za, goosthuizen@koshcom.co.za TRIPLE O TRI STELLENBOSCH NORTH WEST KOSMOS TRUST - 086-578 5766 082-466 2121 jan.meintjes1976@gmail.com JOWILTRUS JO SWARTRUGGENS NORTH WEST STOX 053-952 6522 053-927 4208 082-975 2085 lennox@vodamail.co.za STOX SX VRYBURG NORTH WEST SUMARIE VAN WYK TRUST 082-725 4435-072-220 8612 daric@lantic.net SWAWYK SW WOLMARANSSTAD NORTH WEST STUURMANSKUIL BOERDERY BK NORTHERN CAPE 053-631 0457 086-573 1241 084-586 7421 stuurmanskuil@gmail.com STUURMANSKUIL VZ DE AAR J & B BOERDERY 053-298 1026 053-298 2664 083-658 8343 vkd@gmail.com,electrocool@ telkomsa.net VAALKAMDOR ENJ DOUGLAS MNR. D. DE KLERK 053-343 0201 086-566 5481 082-829 7825 koekais@yebo.co.za KOEKAIS AIS GRIEKWASTAD ROOISAND BORAN - 053-474 1105 083-241 0590 komvanverborane@gmail.com KOMVANVER KV HARTSWATER MNR. W. ALLERS 053-474 0731 053-474 0901 082-925 3313 allersw@lantic.net ALLERS WA HARTSWATER LIA-MAR BORANE 083-655 1436 086-550 1790 083-655 1436 dieanmar@lantic.net LIA-MAR LM JAN KEMPDORP MNR. L.A. VAN HEERDEN 058-653 1185 058-453 1185 082-554 5851 lavanheerden@mweb.co.za, lavhadmin@vodamail.co.za NUMZAAN LH KESTELL MNR. FR DE V DU PLESSIS 053-953 7120-071-138 1132 herman_duplessis@yahoo.com VLAKTE FSB REIVILO WGM BORAN STOET - - 083-448 3186 wgmyburgh0708@gmail.com WGM HOP-HOP WGM UPINGTON MNR. A.J. CLOETE 053-927 4333 053-927 4335 082-660 3266 dolf@studbook.co.za SKYBLUE SKY VRYBURG WESTERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE NORTHERN CAPE MORNING DEW TRADING 485 CC 028-735 2440-082-416 0857 salosand@absamail.co.za MORNING DEW MS ALBERTINIA WESTERN CAPE LEOPARD ROCK BORAN - - 082-449 2417 bmarine@iafrica.com BULLROCK CLR CLR BARRYDALE WESTERN CAPE GREAT KAROO BORAN 021-883 9042 021-883 9060 082-556 7861 nives@schabort.com GKB GKB CLAREMONT WESTERN CAPE ORCA HORTON 13 CC 021-671 3189 021-671 3190 082-495 6829 richard@vivr.co.za ORCA HORTON ORCA CONSTANTIA WESTERN CAPE SHOCK PROOF INV. 143 (PTY) LTD 021-200 2537 086-573 1119 083-700 3548 tombr@absamail.co.za, vossie@brenaissance.co.za BRENAISSANCE BWS STELLENBOSCH WESTERN CAPE MNR. J.P. DU TOIT 021-976 0180 021-976 0189 083-252 4499 jdutoit@atuba.co.za RATELBOS JDT DURBANVILLE WESTERN CAPE MR D.M. NDEBELE 021-554 7044 021-59 63704 082-466 8321 dumisani.ndebele@pathcare. org UTHANDO DUMI GOODWOOD WESTERN CAPE MNR. L.J.B. ROSSOUW - - 083-399 5226 ljbrossouw@gmail.com LJB LJB GROBLERSDAL WESTERN CAPE EMBOSS PROPERTIES PTY LTD 021-888 7400 021-888 7469 083-753 5247 boran@emboss.co.za EMBOSS EM HARTBEES- FONTEIN WESTERN CAPE HESSI BOERDERY 044-695 2376 044-695 1811 082-495 3756 hennie@henra.co.za, admin@henra.co.za HESSI HJ HARTENBOS WESTERN CAPE 124 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
Kobus Pieterse: 083 390 8770 wielepieterse@yahoo.com GPS: S24 34 58 E28 52 18 NABOOMSPRUIT NERO MHB11-19 (K6K3534 x KPO933) Breeding quality animals through solid genetics AJB10-16 (B4-10 x TLM5-7) AB10-184 (PM14R x TLM5-54) SAVAGE JF14-5 JF15-12 (SMUTS en ASTRID x DVB10-5) JF15-15 (AB10-184 kallers) Lid van die BORAN KLUB PANDORA DLV11-35 JF15-6 (B7-2 on FE96-75) & ATHENA JF14-12C10-6 (BALTHAZAR AURORA x GIANNI JF15-5 2812) (AB10-184 CARTEL dogter) JF16-2 (AJB10-16)(AB10-184 dogter) (AB10-184 dogter) Diere te koop by die OUT OF AFRICA veiling
REGISTERED NAME TELEPHONE FAX MOBILE EMAIL PREFIX HDM DORP PROVINCE HARTLAND BORANS 044-695 2968 086-671 4785 082-456 0070 jdstreud@mweb.co.za JOHAN STREUDERST ADT HARTENBOS WESTERN CAPE THREE G`S BORAN 044-383 0038 044-383 0038 082-361 8208 buffelsbaai@kingsleymail.co.za THREE G`S GGG KNYSNA WESTERN CAPE DESTRIPRO 044-690 5878 044-690 3654 082-325 8265 ldgriesel@telkomsa.net LANGFONTEIN LD MOSSELBAAI WESTERN CAPE E.A. MULLER BOERDERY 044-651 1634 044-651 1634 082-416 6518 eloffmuller.cm@gmail.com TAMBARAINE E MOSSELBAAI WESTERN CAPE JANNIE MEYER & SEUNS BOERDERY 044-698 1114 086-586 9372 082-921 2958 mosmar@telkomsa.net MOUNTAIN VIEW BS MOSSELBAAI WESTERN CAPE MEV. A.F. MEYER 044-272 8852 086-669 3570 082-578 5427 annettemeyer@mweb.co.za ROOIHEUWEL HM OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE UMOJA - - 084-616 0401 radieloubser@gmail.com HART EN SIEL HS OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE W.A. HANEKOM & SEUN 028-713 4852 028-713 4852 082-296 1587 njabuloboran@gmail.com, willahanekom@lantic.com NJABULO WP RIVERSDAL WESTERN CAPE MNR. L. ROELEVELD 028-713 2688 028-713 2688 079-887 5333 boesman1976@yahoo.com ROELEVELD RKM RIVERSDAL WESTERN CAPE MIDDELVLEI LANDGOED EDMS BPK 021-883 2565 021-883 9546 082-944 3866 tinnie@middelvlei.co.za MOMBERG MDV STELLENBOSCH WESTERN CAPE BRENBOSS (PTY) LTD 021-888 7400 021-887 1363 071-373 5220 info@emboss.co.za, vossie@brenaissance.co.za BRENBOSS BR STELLENBOSCH WESTERN CAPE DUINEBORANE 028-754 6201 086-730 0078 082-320 6575 loodblombos@easycoms.co.za DUINEBOERE LLSA STILBAAI WESTERN CAPE CLEANSTREAM ENV. SERVICE CC - - 083-265 8145 fritz@easycom.co.za BLOMBOS SK STILBAAI WESTERN CAPE MISS U. VAN RENSBURG 028-435 7915-084-843 4424 uvr77@hotmail.com LUSHINGTON UVR STRUISBAY WESTERN CAPE MNR. C.V. TITUS 028-522 1764-082-700 0913 clivet007@gmail.com RIETKUIL CVT SUURBRAAK WESTERN CAPE DROSTDY BORANE 028-514 2750 028-514 2750 083-284 2592 ccrafford@telkomsa.net NIEKERKSHEK DBC SWELLENDAM WESTERN CAPE MNR. K. BECKER 028-514 3441 086-616 1660 082-492 6740 kellie@soill.co.za JITO JE SWELLENDAM WESTERN CAPE SANS TACHE CC 011-818 2190 086-607 3312 082-829 7837 info@vamp.co.za SANS TACHE SAN SWELLENDAM WESTERN CAPE DONNISE TRUST 021-913 2372 021-913 5646 082-747 1999 denisedo@iafrica.com DONNISE DON WELGEMOED WESTERN CAPE FLEURY KWEKERY 021-864 1025 021-864 3174 082-877 4663 retief@fleury.co.za WILD OLIVE INVEST WO WELLINGTON WESTERN CAPE VANREE STUD - 021-873 4272 082-372 1570 vanreestud@mweb.co.za VANREE VS WELLINGTON WESTERN CAPE MNR. W.H. ZWANG 044-850 1593-082-954 4018 zwang@iafrica.com SPERANZA WHZ WILDERNIS WESTERN CAPE KEULDERSFONTEIN BOERDERY 023-342 2534 023-342 3949 082-771 1189 dewit@breede.co.za, koos@worcestergas.co.za NAMIBIA KEULDERSFONTEINB EDW WORCESTER WESTERN CAPE MNR. H. BIEWENGA (JNR) 26462568102 26462568022 horing@iway.na BIEWENGA SCO GOBABIS NAMIBIA SAFARI NAMIBIE 018-473 3330 086-662 0404 082-570 5482 michel@maximuswild.co.za SN SNB GOBABIS NAMIBIA IMPOFU RANCHING (PTY) LTD 6706320986 26876021275 26825283924 CHULU BORANS SA +264-977 770336 - +260-977 770336 SWAZILAND conservation@biggameparks. org ZAMBIA SIZEZE SZ MALKERNS SWAZILAND sallyshiel@iwayafrica.com CHULU CBSA LUSAKA ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE FORRESTER ESTATE 00263 0912 23 8881 camiro4@gmail.com FORRESTER FE MVURWI ZIMBABWE KIERAS BORANS 00263 488 3493 0263 772 248 080 clintburt75@gmail.com KAISER KZ BORROWDALE ZIMBABWE HOOK BORANS 00263 488 3493 - hook1@mweb.co.zw HOOK HHB MUTORASHANGA ZIMBABWE GENOOTSKAPSLEDE TAURUS KOOPERASIE 012-667 1122 012-667 1827 082-807 1544 IRENE COMARO BOERDERY 056-777 1149 056-777 2061 082-967 3496 KOPPIES 126 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
Bloodline BORAN ONLY THE STRONG...MOST FERTILE NET DIE GEHARDSTE...VRUGBAARSTE Zippo Lamprecht Dewetsdorp Smithfield Ladybrand 082 396 9071 082 492 4786 bloodlineboran@gmail.com OUR CONSISTENT TOP BREEDING LINE Tanya Sold for R130 000 to Model Boran De La Rey Sold for R70 000 to Neethling Boran Hercules, sold for R150 000 to Tulpieskraal Boran Tyre At Nationals 2017 Vrystaat, sold for R40 000 to Umoja Boran THE NEXT GENERATION Lennox Hercu
NJS 10-42 BUL EN KALF BAR 11-69 STN 13-17 SEN 12-03 VST 13-43 WERNER STEINHÖBEL & FAMILIE Bethlehem, Vrystaat 083 301 9090 steinstud@mweb.co.za Stein Stud Boran
Quentin & Marisa de Bruyn Vastrap Farm, P.O. Box 63, Ladybrand, 9745 051-924-2424 084 592 4245 vastrapboran@gmail.com www.vastrapboran.com
5th Vastrap Boran PRODUCTION SALE Vastrap Farm, Ladybrand S 29 07.768, E 027 19.862 Friday, 18 August 2017 @ 11h00 Every MHB-bred 2010 cow - no exceptions! 20 of the best performance tested Vastrap Bulls! Jackie MHB 10-07 (Jackie MHB 05-08 x Voorslag TLM 02-03) Eve MHB 10-33 (Eve FE 97-27 x Metusaleg HVT 95-17) Lilly MHB 10-09 (Lilly MHB 05-35 x Voorslag) www.vastrapboran.com
Jackie x Khan The backbone of the Vastrap Stud The two most prominent bloodlines in the Vastrap Boran herd are the Jackie mother line and the Khan sire line. The Jackie's have been prolific breeders because of their enormous flushing capabilities and excellent fertility. Pairing them with Khan MHB 04-27, a bull with serious X-Factor, has produced some of the best offspring at Vastrap. Little wonder it s a formula we have relied on over and over again! The Jackie/Khan combination consistently produces progeny that are characteristically Boran with excellent leg structure, a superb feminine wedge and broad chests. The bulls are hard and muscular with awesome constitution, enabling them to keep their condition through the mating season and in harsh conditions. Many excellent Jackie/Khans have originated from the Vastrap stud. A few worth noting are: Jackie MHB 07-31 named Champion of the Yard at the 2015 Boran Expo; Jackie MHB 09-24 sold at the 2016 Vastrap Auction; Jackie VST 12-40, a current favourite at Vastrap; and VST 13-84, the highest priced bull at the 2016 Vastrap Auction (R160 000). It is noteworthy that these animals all come from different Jackie mothers, which shows their incredible heritability and the strong stamp of the Jackie line on its offspring. Jackie MHB 07-31 (Jackie MHB 05-06 x Khan) Jackie MHB 09-24 (Jackie MHB 05-10 x Khan) Jackie VST 12-40 (Jackie MHB 07-32 x Khan) VST 13-84 (Jackie MHB 09-20 x Khan) www.vastrapboran.com
Vastrap Stud Bulls We aim to breed masculine bulls with manly heads and muscular hocks and forearms. We like larger framed bulls with broad chests and strong, straight backs. Vastrap bulls are highly adaptable and ready to work! Brave MHB 09-04 (Marula 25 x ADC 84-27) Rebel MHB 10-31 (Metusaleg HVT 95-17 x Rose MHB 06-09) Zambucca VST 11-01 (Khan MHB 04-27 x Zelma HOT 07-09) Samurai SS 11-31 (Kobra SS 08-61 x Dianna SS 06-03) Jaguar VST 12-18 (Co-Jack CI 08-30 x Jackie MHB 05-08) Jury VST 12-57 (Rustin MHB 06-30 x Jackie MHB 07-35) www.vastrapboran.com
Produksieveiling Oranje Gasteplaas Terrible Terri TLM02-38 (K6K2738/KPO4203) Belinda BU14-109 (TLM02-38/FN10-511) Anni BU14-140 (CI 08-30/AVZ10-19) Cojack CI 08-30 (TLM04-507/GF159U) FN10-496 (TLM01-01/HMC99-20) verskalf BU15-41 vaar(ci 08-30) Makena Scheepers www.bosiuborane.co.za
7de September 2017 Fouriesburg Cojack CI 08-30 (TLM04-507/GF159U) Bont B07-52 (B03-29/B96-615) Bontu BU16-77 (B07-52/CI10-53) Anja BU14-101 (MHB05-22/AVZ10-19) Tank MHB05-22 (359G/K6K2258) mokena@mweb.co.za 082 5523028
BORAN PROMOTIONAL ITEMS For enquiries and orders, kindly contact Christine at the Boran office on (051) 410 0900 / christine@studbook.co.za Kipling Jacket - R 600 Bader Jacket - R 500 Livingstone - R 220 Finch (Ladies) - R 200 Samango - R 270 Rain Jacket R 550 Black Fleece Top R 365 Black Puff Jacket R 650 Black Golf Shirt R 185 Black Beannie - R 80 Cap - R 90 Belt with medium buckle - R 180 Belt with large buckle - R 190 Medium buckle - R 80 Large buckle - R 90 Sizes available: 32/34/36/38/40/42/44/46/48 136 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
Wise words Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death IT DOESN T MATTER WHETHER YOU RE A LION OR GAZELLE. WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, YOU D BETTER BE RUNNING. 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 137
STORIES TheCookie thief A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be...grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene. So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, If I wasn t so nice, I would blacken his eye. With each cookie she took, he took one too, when only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other, she snatched it from him and thought oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he s also rude, why he didn t even show any gratitude! She had never known when she had been so galled, and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate. She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat, then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes. If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief. By Valerie Cox in A Matter of Perspective Submitted by Tom The Colonel Parker 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 139
NASIONALE VEILING DUURSTE BUL 2016 UITSTEKENDE JONG BULLE VAN HIERDIE BUL NOU BESKIKBAAR Uitstaande bul aangebied op nasionale veiling en onder n paar van sy 6 maande oue kalwers DROSTDY BORANE Christo Crafford C: 083 284 2592 E: ccrafford@telkomsa.net Kantoor: 028 514 2750
VERKOOP VIR R160 000.00 verkoop vir gemiddeld R57 000.00 kaap boran veiling Uitstaande koeie met twee verskalwers aangebied op nasionale veiling 2015 verse beskikbaar by kaap boran veiling mosselbaai DROSTDY BORANE - BESOEKERS WELKOM Christo Crafford C: 083 284 2592 E: ccrafford@telkomsa.net Kantoor: 028 514 2750
STORIES Face difficulties Positively This parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer s well. The farmer heard the mule praying or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbours together, told them what had happened, and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery. Initially the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbours continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back, HE WOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! This he did, blow after blow. Shake it off and step up shake it off and step up shake it off and step up! He repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or how distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought panic and just kept right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP! It wasn t long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well! What seemed like it would bury him actually helped him all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity. THAT S LIFE! If we face our problems and respond to them positively, and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity. Unknown 142 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL
STORIES The Smell of Rain A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the Doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. Still groggy from surgery, her husband David held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news. That afternoon of March 10,1991, complications had forced Diana, only 24 weeks pregnant, to Danae Lu Blessing. At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound and nine ounces, they already knew she was perilously premature. Still, the doctor s soft words dropped like bombs. I don t think she s going to make it, he said, as kindly as he could. There s only a 10 percent chance she will live through the night, and even then, if by some slim chance she does make it, her future could be a very cruel one. Numb with disbelief, David and Diana listened as the doctor described the devastating problems Danae would likely face if she survived. She would never walk, she would never talk, she would probably be blind, and she would certainly be prone to other catastrophic conditions from cerebral palsy to complete mental retardation, and on and on. No! No! was all Diana could say. She and David, with their 5-year-old son Dustin, had long dreamed of the day they would have a daughter to become a family of four. Now, within a matter of hours, that dream was slipping away. Through the dark hours of morning as Danae held onto life by the thinnest thread, Diana slipped in and out of sleep, growing more and more determined that their tiny daughter would live, and live to be a healthy, happy young girl. But David, fully awake and listening to additional dire details of their daughter s chances of ever leaving the hospital alive, much less healthy, knew he must confront his wife with the inevitable. David walked in and said that we needed to talk about making funeral arrangements. Diana remembers, I felt so bad for him because he was doing everything, trying to include me in what was going on, but I just wouldn t listen, I couldn t listen. I said, No, that is not going to happen, no way! I don t care what the doctors say; Danae is not going to die! One day she will be just fine, and she will be coming home with us! As if willed to live by Diana s determination, Danae clung to life hour after hour, with the help of every medical machine and marvel her miniature body could endure. But as those first days passed, a new agony set in for David and Diana. Because Danae s under-developed nervous system was essentially raw, the lightest kiss or caress only intensified her discomfort, so they couldn t even cradle their tiny baby girl against their chests to offer the strength of their love. All they could do, as Danae struggled alone beneath the ultraviolet light in the tangle of tubes and wires, was to pray that God would stay close to their precious little girl. There was never a moment when Danae suddenly grew stronger. But as the weeks went by, she did slowly gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of strength there. At last, when Danae turned two months old, her parents were able to hold her in their arms for the very first time. And two months laterthough doctors continued to gently but grimly warn that her chances of surviving, much less living any kind of normal life, were next to zero. Danae went home from the hospital, just as her mother had predicted. Today, five years later, Danae is a petite but feisty young girl with glittering gray eyes and an unquenchable zest for life. She shows no signs, what so ever, of any mental or physical impairment. Simply, she is everything a little girl can be and morebut that happy ending is far from the end of her story. One blistering afternoon in the summer of 1996 near her home in Irving, Texas, Danae was sitting in her mother s lap in the bleachers of a local ballpark where her brother Dustin s baseball team was practicing. As always, Danae was chattering non-stop with her mother and several other adults sitting nearby when she suddenly fell silent. Hugging her arms across her chest, Danae asked, Do you smell that? Smelling the air and detecting the approach of a thunderstorm, Diana replied, Yes, it smells like rain. Danae closed her eyes and again asked, Do you smell that? Once again, her mother replied, Yes, I think we re about to get wet, it smells like rain. Still caught in the moment, Danae shook her head, patted her thin shoulders with her small hands and loudly announced, No, it smells like Him. It smells like God when you lay your head on His chest. Tears blurred Diana s eyes as Danae then happily hopped down to play with the other children. Before the rains came, her daughter s words confirmed what Diana and all the members of the extended Blessing family had known, at least in their hearts, all along. During those long days and nights of her first two months of her life, when her nerves were too sensitive for them to touch her, God was holding Danae on His chest and it is His loving scent that she remembers so well. This is a real story 2017 BORAN JOURNAL JOERNAAL 143
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