Mixed farming near Swellendam

The herd. The fields.
The flock.

Explore the three farming divisions of Kluitjieskraal Boerdery,
with context from the farm’s published agricultural record.

Kluitjieskraal Jerseys · Owner-selected milking cover video

01 / The dairy & the stud

Kluitjieskraal Jerseys

A Jersey dairy enterprise with a recorded breeding history and national industry recognition.

Farmer’s Weekly’s 2021 profile dates the stud registration to 2007 and describes the family’s use of individual animal records in breeding decisions.

Published sources: Farmer’s Weekly · 3 June 2021 · Genetics drive dairy production profitability ↗

Jersey cattle · Milk production · Recorded breeding

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Net te lekker · Farm video by Franco Oosthuizen

02 / Grain, oilseed & pasture

Crop Farming

Cultivated land connects the grain and livestock sides of the farm.

The September 2025 OVK profile names wheat, barley and canola, with lucerne used as pasture. This is a dated crop profile rather than a claim about the present season.

Published sources: OVK News · September 2025 · pp. 42–44

Wheat · Barley · Canola · Lucerne

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Crop farming on film

From Franco’s camera.

Franco Oosthuizen
Farm manager · 20 farm videos

In the fields · 01 / 20

Pakkie lyk reg

Farm life at Kluitjieskraal, filmed by farm manager Franco Oosthuizen.

Video by Franco Oosthuizen · 0:10

Original reel on Facebook

Illustration · Dohne Merino sheep

Illustration · No photograph of the flock is shown

03 / The flock & the land

Dohne Merino Sheep

Dohne Merino sheep form part of the farm’s documented mixed-farming history.

SA Stud Breeder’s 2019 profile identifies a Dohne Merino breeding-ewe enterprise alongside the Jersey herd and arable land.

Published sources: SA Stud Breeder · April–May 2019 · p. 37 ↗

Dohne Merino · Wool · Breeding

Explore Sheep farming

A farming story worth knowing.