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2025 ARC National Master Dairyman Awards: Top dairy farmers honoured
Stockfarm
|January 2026
The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) announced the winners of its 2025 National Master Dairyman Awards during a ceremony held in November at Lanzerac Estate in Stellenbosch.
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This prestigious annual competition recognises exceptional performance and excellence among South Africa's leading dairy producers.
According to Prof Norman Maiwashe, general manager of Animal Production at the ARC, the awards honour producers across several categories for breeding genetically superior animals and for consistently using performance recording and testing as key tools in herd improvement.
The winners of the 2025 ARC National Master Dairyman Awards are:
- Large-scale master dairyman of the year: JK Basson Family Trust, Darling.
- Medium-scale master dairyman of the year: Van Niekerk Boerdery BK, Caledon.
- Small-scale master dairyman of the year: Letsolo PT Dairy, Vanderbijlpark.
- ARC correctional services master dairyman of the year: Goedemoed Correctional Services, Maletswai (Aliwal North).
- Herd with the best somatic cell count: Packwood Farm, Knysna (170 000 cells/mℓ).
- Herd with the best intercalving period: JK Basson Family Trust, Darling (intercalving period of 375 days).
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