Holistic Management spreads
(extract from article: KarooSpace Posted on by Julienne du Toit)
Trenly Spence of Kriegerskraal, also part of the Camdeboo Conservancy, started farming after his father became sick in the late 1980s. He had been studying horticulture in Cape Town.
“The veld was my passion. I had to learn my job fast, so I went around to see which farms looked the best. One of them belonged to my neighbour, Norman Kroon, Malcolm’s brother.
“I’d always felt as if there was something missing in our understanding of the veld and livestock. When Norman explained that overgrazing was a function of time, not the number of animals, this lightbulb went on in my head. Finally it made sense. I wanted to tell everyone.”
Trenly Spence of Kriegerskraal Farm.
Trenly set about using Holistic Management principles to regenerate the grazing on his farm for his Nguni cattle. When he started, the carrying capacity was one large livestock unit for every 28 hectares. Now thanks to the work he had done on the veld, it is around one for every 8 hectares.
