Royal Show Agricultural Guide 2018

Jan de Jong and Lynn Oldfield judged this year’s
Future Farmers’ classes at the Royal Show. PHOTO:
ESTELLE SINKINS
The best handler at the Future Farmers
competition was Qalokwakhe Mbokazi
from Cedara College of Agriculture.
PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS
Unhalter-trained steers
• Cattle 300 kg–400 kg: 1, Vryburg; 2, Vryburg; 3,
Vryburg.
• Cattle 401 kg–430 kg: 1, Vryburg; 2, Vryburg; 3,
Fererro Bonsmaras.
• Cattle 430 kg–460 kg: 1, Fererro Bonsmaras; 2,
Vryburg; 3, Fererro Bonsmaras.
• Cattle 461 kg–490 kg: 1, Fererro Bonsmaras; 2,
Vryburg; 3, Fererro Bonsmaras.
• Cattle over 490 kg: 1, Vryburg; 2, Vryburg; 3,
Fererro Bonsmaras.
Halter-trained steers
• Cattle under 399 kg: 1, Mtubatuba Mini Farm; 2,
Mtubatuba Mini Farm; 3, Mtubatuba Mini Farm.
• Cattle 400 kg–430 kg: 1, Mtubatuba Mini Farm;
2, Owen Sithole College of Agriculture; 3, Njojo
Farm.
• Cattle 431 kg–460 kg: 1, Mtubatuba Mini Farm;
RESULTS
Phumzile Magubane, from the Owen Sithole
College of Agriculture, is pictured with the
best animal on show in the Future Farmers’
classes. PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS
2, Owen Sithole College of Agriculture; 3, Mtubatuba
Mini Farm.
• Cattle 461 kg–490 kg: 1, Cedara College of
Agriculture; 2, Cedara College of Agriculture; 3,
Cedara College of Agriculture.
• Cattle over 491 kg: 1, Hoër Landbouskool
Vryheid; 2, Hoër Landbouskool Vryheid; 3, Hoër
Landbouskool Vryheid.
On Sunday, students from the various agricultural
colleges competed in the Future Farmers categories,
under the watchful eyes of judges Jan de Jong and
Lynn Oldfield.
The prize for the best handler on show went to
Qalokwakhe Mbokazi, a student at Cedara, with
the best animal on show prize going to a Simmentaler
handled in the ring by Owen Sithole student
Phumzile Magubane.
— ESTELLE SINKINS, courtesy of The Witness
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