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Visitors
Don Mathieson and wife Grethe from Melbourne, Australia was visiting Kykso for a few day's in June 2006. Don and Grehte was the guests of Kykso. On the menu for breakfast was ostrich egg and ostrich steak for supper!"
Pioneer Awards On the first of June 2006, the Simmentaler Society awarded farmers and researchers the: " Simmentaler pioneer awards - dairy". Dr Johan Kluyts handed over the awards while the Minister of Agriculture of Western Cape was looking on.
On picture from Left to right: Dr
Robin Meeske (Outeniqua research farm); Michael Barry (Jersey farmer
now using Fleckvieh. Also a new member of Sim Society) ; Thys Swart
(Kykso Simmentalers); Minister of Agriculture in Western Cape -
Cobus Dowry; Gerhard van Rensburg (Blenheim Simmentaler stud, also
Jersey stud); Prof Frikkie Neser (University of Freestate), Dr
Johan Kluyts (President of Simmentaler Society), Pierre Laesecke
(Jersey farmer using Fleckvieh); Dr Carel Muller (Elsenburg), Ian
Oosthuizen (milking 1900 Holstein cows. Using Fleckvieh) and Adriaan
Odendaal (Odensim Simmentalers)
New Calves have arrived
The batch of calves born for Kykso and
BFG in Canada on the farm of our partners. Most of the calves were
Kykso Gezkaha x Salerika Bevan 2. Allso Kykso Lual x Kykso Haped and
Kykso Gezkaha x Kwantum Profeet. They are looking great!
"The calves are now mostly 3 to 4
weeks old in the pictures. All were born unassisted. The calves
have excellent pigmentation – specktackles and solid colored hide,
one of the Gezhaka*Bevan bulls has a 10 cm wide belt over his front
shoulder / one of the Lual*Haped heifers has a couple of spots…the
others are as in the pictures."
- John Popp
Kykso expands to the North of South Africa The first Kykso animals left in March 2006 for there new home near Koster in the Western Transvaal (Northwest province). At the time a terrible drought was
occuring in Western Cape while the North had more than enough rain. The second truck load of animals left in May. The new partner, Chris Niemand (brother-in-law) will manage Kykso North.
Pictures of first animals up North Production auction 2006
Kykso and Kyksim elite production auction will be held on Wednesday 4 October 2006 on the farm Koesanie, Swellendam. Top proven bulls like Salerika Bevan 2 and Hauk Erz will be under the hammer. Under the 80 animals on sale, will be several show cows and embryo donors. For enquiries contact Thys Swart at +27 82 4988788. 9th May 06 - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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