Farmer mentors
In Konsortium-Merino’s (KM) quest to find a method of assisting all our farmers with help and advice, we decided to appoint mentor farmers who could share their practical farming experience with other farmers in the group. Ten farmers are already in position. The aim is to eventually have 20 such mentors working with KM throughout the country.
- Gerio du Plessis (Richmond) @ 076 075 5662, e-mail: gerio.dp@konsortium-merino.com
- Jakkie Nel (Somerset-Oos) @ 082 632 3517, e-mail: jakkie.n@konsortium-merino.com
- George Viljoen (Stutterheim) @ 082 456 3635, e-mail: george.v@konsortium-merino.com
- Jaco Prins (Hopetown) @ 083 635 8327, e-mail: jaco.p@konsortium-merino.com
- Edwin Wilmot (Springfontein) @ 079 875 8227, e-mail: edwin.w@konsortium-merino.com
- Gerhard Kitching (Tarkastad) @ 072 938 9867, gerhard.k@konsortium-merino.com
- Lian Erasmus (Steytlerville) @ 082 821 1018, lian.e@konsortium-merino.com
- Johannes Klopper (Ermelo) @ 082 880 6137, johannes.k@konsortium-merino.com
- Dirk Kuhn (Swartland) @ 083 227 6404, dirk.k@konsortium-merino.com
- Hugo v Schalkwyk (Riversdal) @ 079 989 7893, hugo.vs@kon
These mentor farmers have the same responsibility as Konsortium-Merino's client advisors. They must establish and protect the Konsortium-type on our member’s farms to benefit all who join the Konsortium family. Using special eartags, the mentors will eventually have identified the brand ewes, the selected ewes and the Konsortium slaughter stock and will then market them as such.
Amongst other things, they will be able to assist farmers with ewe selection, the choice of rams and give advice regarding flock management. With the help of a simple computer programme Konsortium flocks will be able to measure performance and monitor production and progress.
