Precision ag , corn and soybean farmer. Chasing high yields, with max ROI. https://teapaw.org/t.co/iWNsOm4VHm
Balfour, South Africa
Joined November 2009
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Danie Bester retweeted
THIS MORNING!
His ears cut off.
Beaten.
Shot in the back.
Stabbed.
This morning, cattle farmer Donovan Marx was viciously attacked on his farm between Potchefstroom and Ventersdorp in the North West. He was severely beaten. His ears were cut off. He was shot in the back/shoulder (doctors were still trying to remove the bullet) and stabbed in the leg with a sharp object. He’s fighting for his life in a Potchefstroom hospital.
A family member left the farm shortly before 8am. Attackers then struck. A farm worker was tied up but managed to free himself and raise the alarm. The attackers fled in Marx’s truck. They’re still free. VF Plus says the full details of the torture are so disturbing they won’t even publish them.
This is not “ordinary crime.” This is the same pattern of extreme brutality; ears severed, severe beatings, shootings, stabbings that has been targeting White farmers for years. English media is already silent. No front-page outrage. No presidential condemnation. If the roles were reversed, it would dominate news for weeks.
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That time of year where im digging more than a miner. Roots on the beans look good. Could not get to the exact end of the root but they sure look like growing.
Soybean planting underway. Some fields prone to get wet, help a friend in need. Furrowforce has to prove itself this year.
Danie Bester retweeted
The screen that strikes fear in everyone that sells seed or products. It has no brand loyalty. Pretty girls, fancy trips, shiny new things do not sway it. Nothing will stop iIts misson. like a terminator. No hesitation. No remorse. Just brutal, hard truth.
#mismangedcrops – at Shelbyville, TN
a Brief moment of snow. Had strong winds through out the night and some much appreciated rain. I think a slower start to the season might be something id concider.
Danie Bester retweeted
South Africa has the chance to connect every farm, school and business to the best internet technology on the planet. Government is saying no.
@Starlink, the world's largest satellite network, is locked out. Not on performance. On ownership rules.
Government appears ready to welcome a so-called competitor instead. That competitor has zero commercial satellite customers anywhere in the world. Zero.
This is not empowerment. This is regulatory self-sabotage, and South Africans pay the price. Again.
@GerhardPapenfus breaks it down in the latest Employer's Voice.
Watch now.
tinyurl.com/bdehxmtu
Anyone running @PrecisionPlant FurrowForce that would share their opinion on them. I plan on running it on conventional and notill ground, rocks arent a concern.
Corn harvest underway. Yields have been all over. One rain event was the difference maker. Listening to the forecasted Elnino, its difficult to think it can get any drier. But hopingly it will be not too bad year, though the worlds corn levels need a kick in the nuts.
Closing systems matter on soybeans. Saw a 10.8 bu difference between a v- press and 2 stage. on a 48 acre side x side trial. 2 stage is a case OEM. Beans are so full of crap. Emergence matters a shitload.
Danie Bester retweeted
As the Iran war drives fertilizer prices up 40%, the Trump administration is warning against price gouging. A new survey shows only 60% of corn farmers have secured their nitrogen needs for 2026. agweb.com/news/crops/corn/fe…
