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Beaufort West farmers receive farming assistance

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Farmers in Beaufort West in the Central Karoo have expressed their gratitude for much-needed feed donated by a farmer from Delmas in Mpumalanga.

Jannie Neuhoff has sent 1 500 bales of feed to drought-stricken farmers in the Western Cape.

It was delivered by 31 trucks sponsored by a Johannesburg trucking company.

Upcoming farmers such as Jan Bostander are overjoyed.

Farming with 300 angora goats and sheep on a 300-hectare farm, this is one of the worst drought he has experienced in the past 13 years.

He says without the assistance of generous donors, Agri Western Cape and provincial government the farmers would be in dire states.

Residents came out in numbers with the arrival of the trucks on Wednesday afternoon.

Until the next good bout of rain, continuous assistance will be needed to sustain the farmers.

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