Agriculture
Boshof
district
extends
over
approximately
438 350
hectares
of
agricultural
land which
is
utilised
as
follows:
Grazing
land = 406
300
hectares
Grain
- dry land
= 30 000
hectares
Grain
-
irrigation
= 2 050
hectares
Farms
are
occupied
and
managed by
approximately
174
farmers
with their
families -
a total of
approximately
522 and
approximately
3600
workers
with 12
000
dependants.
Farming
activities
are mainly
made up of
meat and
grain,
while
there are
also a
number of
milk
farmers.
Chicken
farming
(meat and
eggs) is
also
exercised
on a
reasonable
scale
while
there is
one large
ostrich-farm.
Stock
farming
comprises
16 932
cattle and
50 794
small
stock, of
which
approximately
2% are
goats and
the rest
sheep.
Approximately
2% of the
cattle
produce
approximately
6,5
million
litres
milk per
annum.
Some
farmers
have their
own studs.
It
is
estimated
that the
following
grain is
produced
annually:
36
000 ton
maize;
2160 ton
sunflower,
1000 ton
wheat,
while a
reasonable
quantity
fodder is
planted
for own
usage.
A
number of
farmers
also make
use of
voerkrale.
Vegetables
and fodder
are also
produced
under
irrigation.