:: Sandstone Steam Railroad ::

11th April 2008

Over 1800 Ha of wheat lands have now being prepared. Our pictures show our Case MX285 tractors breaking in long abandoned lands for inclusion in the wheat programme. Target 2700 HA.

29th March 2008

We had excellent rains at Sandstone Estates over the past week which slowed them down but they are back into their stride. The latest pictures refer.

In our earlier item we talked about the question of compaction. We are currently working on a 3-year programme where every 3-years our lands are subjected to a programme utilising chisel ploughs which works sufficiently deep to deal with compaction problems. The objective is to prevent compaction taking place but many of these farms have only recently been acquired and we are dealing with traditional compaction issues which go back 20 or 30 years or more.

10th March 2008

Our pictures show Tumelo and Peter utilising our Case MX285 tractors. Their current programme involves covering 3,500 ha.

Below Tumelo Mohala (first pic) and Peter Khabele (next pic).
Both men are highly skilled operators.