Agricultural Writers SA North named its regional candidates on 18 October in the sections for Farmer of the Year, Agriculturist of the Year, and New Entrant to Commercial Agriculture. The national Agricultural Writers SA awards event will be presented on 15 November in Gauteng where the overall winner in each category will be announced. The Agricultural Writers SA North event’s main sponsors were New Holland Agriculture, NWK, and Rijk Zwaan, supported by Van Loveren and the South African Pork Producers Organisation (SAPPO).
Pictured at the back from the left is Jaco du Preez, marketing manager for New Holland Agriculture, farmers Egon Zunckle and Jozef du Plessis, researcher Stephan De Groot and farmer Michael Fysh. In the front from left to right is Thys van Zyl, managing director of Rijk Zwaan in South Africa, farmer Betty Nyambi, researcher Driekie Fourie, Johan Bezuidenhout, group manager for NWK, and Lindi Botha, chairperson of Agricultural Writers SA North.
