Modern Farming
Undoing manmade damage to our soils
Friday, 26 February 2010 16:25 | Written by Joanne West |
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 The Human footprint.One of the key strategies at Sandstone Estates is to reduce the human footprint. This of course means the vehicle footprint in most cases. This road has been at Sandstone for many years. It sits in the middle of two wheat...
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Central Grain Intake Pit
Friday, 26 February 2010 14:21 | Written by Joanne West |
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 Construction has commenced on the expansion of our central grain intake pit.The big 2009/2010 harvest put huge pressure on our systems and we are currently expanding based on the lessons that...
Harvest Report
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 12:13 | Written by Joanne West |
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 Sandstone Estates practises Biological Farming methods. We encourage as little tillage as possible which can probably be best defined as Minimum Tillage in the conventional sense.The land is deep... Last Updated (Tuesday, 02 February 2010 12:55)
Interesting Signage
Friday, 29 January 2010 14:59 | Written by Joanne West |
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 Sandstone collects old signs, we collect new signs, and we also collect funny signs. The top sign, namely about Potholes, in on the farm road at Sandstone Estates in the Eastern Free State.It is...
Wheat Harvest - December 2009
Tuesday, 29 December 2009 00:00 | Written by Administrator |
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 Our Heritage Division is gearing up to play a major role in this year's wheat harvest starting late December. It's strictly all hands on deck due to the promising season that has developed... 7...
Unique strategy adopted for farm roads
Tuesday, 08 December 2009 00:00 | Written by Administrator |
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 Because Sandstone Estates is effectively an amalgamation of a number of smaller farms into one larger and more viable agricultural unit we inherited roads which criss-crossed the property in all...
Agricultural report
Thursday, 26 November 2009 00:00 | Written by Administrator |
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 The wheat harvest at Sandstone Estates is looking good. Regular rains since late Spring have ensured that the crop has received sufficient moisture which is always a problem in Southern Africa. We...
Agricultural report
Tuesday, 03 November 2009 00:00 | Written by Administrator |
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 There is a lot going on at Sandstone Estates at the moment. Our revenue generating engine is not Heritage but Agriculture. We have a 2,000 ha wheat crop which has been fortunate in receiving...
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