Die 26-jarige Lukas Lessing, van Marquard in die Oos-Vrystaat, is as Vrystaat Landbou (VL) se 2023 Jongboer van die jaar aangewys. Di\u00e9 optimistiese jong boer glo daarin om die positiewe in elke situasie te soek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lessing, wat op 18 April op \u2019n spoggeleentheid in Bloemfontein as die 27ste wenner van die kompetisie aangekondig is, boer reeds \u2019n dekade en is die algemene bestuurder van die familieboerdery in die Marquard\u2013distrik. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit is hoofsaaklik \u2019n gemengde boerdery, waar hulle met mielies, soja, sonneblom en vee boer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Danksy sy pa se invloed was hy van jongs af by die boerdery betrokke, en hy reken dit is juis daardie toewyding wat nou positiewe gevolge het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lessing s\u00ea sy vrou, Marn\u00e9 (26), het drie jaar gelede by die veeboerdery betrokke geraak. Sy geniet dit baie meer as wat hy verwag het, en sy kwyt haar goed van haar taak. Die paartjie is ook by die plaaslike kerk en aftree-oord betrokke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea sy grootste uitdaging in die boerdery, soos vir alle boere in die Oos-Vrystaat, is die haglike omstandighede van paaie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tog huiwer Lessing, \u2019n pa van twee jong kinders, nie om in te spring waar nodig nie, en hy het al telkemale plaaspaaie geskraap sodat boerdery\u00adbedrywighede kan voortgaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns land het te min jong boere en boere wat positief oor die landboubedryf is. Ons kort boere wat by georganiseerde landbou op regeringsvlak of ho\u00ebr vlakke betrokke wil raak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBoere het deesdae met verskeie uitdagings te kampe, wat deur vernuwende denke aangepak moet word.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die emosionele en geldelike welstand van plaaswerkers is vir Lessing belangrik, en daarom word die werkers aangemoedig om insette tot die boerdery te lewer wat hulle ook bevoordeel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prof. Pieter Fourie, sameroeper van die beoordelaarspaneel en hoof van die departement van landbou aan die Sentrale Universiteit vir Tegnologie (SUT), meen dat die drie finaliste in vanjaar se kompetisie die beoordelaars laat kopkrap het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is werklik drie voortreflike jong boere. Benewens die feit dat hul afsonderlike boerderye professioneel hanteer word, is hulle elkeen \u2019n aanwins vir hul onderskeie gemeenskappe.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die ander twee kandidate was Hennie Geldenhuys van Excelsior en Hansie M\u00fcller van Viljoenskroon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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