Established through
years of farming.
A story documented in breed journals and agricultural reporting.
Swellendam · Western Cape · South Africa
Kluitjieskraal
Boerdery
Family farming.
An Overberg story.
The Schoonwinkel family’s mixed farming operation near Swellendam. Jersey dairy cattle, cultivated fields and sheep bring together the three parts of Kluitjieskraal Boerdery.
Published sources: SA Stud Breeder · April–May 2018 · p. 41 ↗
Jersey dairy · Crops · Sheep
Established through
Jersey stud registration
Published sources: Farmer’s Weekly · 3 June 2021 · Genetics drive dairy production profitability ↗
National Elite dairy herd winner
Published sources: ProAgri · 29 April 2025 · National Elite 2025 results ↗
Our farming operations
Three parts of
one farming life.
Kluitjieskraal Jerseys, crop farming and Dohne Merino sheep.
Discover their place in the farm’s published history.
The dairy & the stud
Kluitjieskraal Jerseys
A Jersey dairy enterprise with a recorded breeding history and national industry recognition.
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Grain, oilseed & pasture
Crop Farming
Cultivated land connects the grain and livestock sides of the farm.
Explore this operationThe flock & the land
Dohne Merino Sheep
Dohne Merino sheep form part of the farm’s documented mixed-farming history.
Explore this operationFarm photographs and video footage supplied for this website. The sheep scene is an illustration.
Kluitjieskraal on film
Step inside
the dairy.
VIA TV · Landbouweekliks
Season 19, Episode 3
Film: VIA TV · Landbouweekliks. Watch the original reel ↗
A closer look at Kluitjieskraal
Life at
the dairy.
Photographs supplied for this website.
World Jersey Cattle Bureau’s farm profile ↗
From the published history
A family story,
rooted in the land.
Jersey SA’s 2014 profile traces Jan Schoonwinkel’s dairy chapter to 1986. A later SA Stud Breeder profile records the new milking parlour built in 2000.
Published sources: Jersey SA Journal · April 2014 · p. 9 ↗ / SA Stud Breeder · April–May 2019 · p. 37 ↗
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