Lecture circuit - Boekenhout Trust Boerdery

16 February 2017: Breedplan, Bloemfontein

12 October 2016 : Stockman School, Aldam

28 October 2015: Gaborone

Johan presented an intensive one-day Breedplan course to an audience of farmers and industry leaders at the Agricultural College. The attendants were versed in bull buying for profit.

17 October 2015: Schoemansfontein

Christiaan Duff of Angus Australia lecture entitled "Getting the most out of your cow herd through selection for fertility" was one of the highlights of the year.

Christiaan also inspected and evaluated the BTB cow herd. His international experience in cow herd fertility and efficiency assisted BTB to further refine our breeding goals.

24 & 25 September 2015: Schoemansfontein

Johan photographed at the annual high school training day. "Principles of Judging" presented by Danie Erasmus and "A Soft Introduction to EBV's" presented by Johan Styger.

6 July 2015: Ghanzi Show

Photographed at the Barclays AgriBusiness Function Ghanzi on 6 July 2015 where Johan’s presentation was entitled "Genetics and the Breeding of Beef Cattle for Profit.

From the left: André Potgieter - Head of Business

Banking, Barclays Bank Botswana

Johan Styger - BTB Simmentaler

Reinette van der Merwe - Managing Director

Banking, Barclays Bank Botswana

30 June 2015

On 30 June Johan delivered his new EBV lecture series at a Judge’s Course in Windhoek, which was also attended by breeders from across Namibia. The new course comprises four lectures, covering the basics up to selection indexes.

Study Tour

Johan recently tagged along on a Seedstock Producer study tour of Australia.