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Sandstone Estates Arial Photo

SANDSTONE ESTATES

An Aerial photograph of the main farm HQ on the farm Hoekfontein at Sandstone Estates.

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Update on our wheat planting.

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Wheat development : our soils require handling in a very special way

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Our wheat has germinated well

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Month end update Arable

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Classic Caterpillar D8 increases farm productivity

Classic Caterpillar D8 increases farm productivity

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We need to be eternally vigilant...

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Building upgrade and maintenance

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Wheat planting continues…

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Senior School Visit to Sandstone

Girls senior school visits Sandstone Estates...

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Seed Mixer

Ingenuity counts - DIY seed mixer.

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June 08 - Security issues - Click here to read the minutes... (75kb PDF opens in a new window)

Soya Harvest

SOYA HARVEST LUNCH

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Global food shortages

Why in a time of global food shortages is our infrastructure allowed to deteriorate like this...?

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Cross border violations

Cross border violations.. the VOLKSBLAD reports...

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Eric Maree Protein Research Institute

Eric Maree of the Protein Research Institute visited Sandstone Estates recently...

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Wheat planting

Preparations get underway for wheat planting...

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Soya Bean Harvest

2008 Soya bean Harvest gets underway...

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Bean Drying Plant processes Soya crop...

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Big truck extravaganza...

Big truck extravaganza...

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Haymaking continues...

Haymaking continues...

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Roelf Snr & Roelf Jnr Jordaan

Father and son team, Roelf Snr & Roelf Jnr Jordaan, seen here releasing
Springbok into an area known as the old Game Camp at Sandstone Estates...

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Nature at its most robust...

Nature at its most robust...

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Global crop production through arable expansion

Making a contribution to Global crop production through arable expansion...

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Vlei Grass Store

Who says farming has to be disorganised?

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MX285 Tractor

Our two Case MX285's - Over 1800 Ha of wheat lands have now being prepared...

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Autumn 2008

Temperatures are dropping and the landscape takes on a distinctly autumnal look.

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Fallow

Our fallow policy has paid dividends...

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Soya

Conditions remain ideal and the crop is maturing fast...

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Free States farmers eye court over Lesotho border situation. Its tough going on the Lesotho border crime wise.. Latest incident .. Stolen Escom High Voltage cables. See the pictures...

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Nature is both magnificent and bountiful, not to mention being ingenious
beyond our comprehension. Look at this beautiful spider's web cleverly constructed in the stubble in a fallow land.

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Planting oats...

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Hay Barns

New Hay Barns erected...

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Importance of Food Production

Suddenly food production becomes important again!

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White Bellied Stork

One of the ways that we monitor the health of the farm is through the wildlife and in particular the birdlife...

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Puff Adders

Two large Puff Adders, obviously enjoying a very close and cosy relationship...

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Wheat Lands Preparation

Preparation of wheat lands...

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Modern Arable Farming

Modern Arable Farming...

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COSMOS preparations

Preparations are underway for the Cosmos Festival...

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Sandstone January 2008

Is this an original painting or is a photograph taken at Sandstone Estates, Eastern Free State ?  Either way it is what the farm looks like at this time of the year.

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Soya Planting

Soya Planting - December 07 update

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New Sandstone Web Site New web site proposed for Sandstone Estates
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