SOUTHERN CAPE AGRICULTURAL NEWS - The farm Lucky Valley just outside Douglas in the Northern Cape borders one of South Africa’s most important irrigation rivers, the Orange River. Here Johan Jacobs and his wife Colleen pursue their farming passions.
Johan’s focus is on irrigation cropping, while Colleen runs an award-winning Bonsmara stud herd.
They are currently also branching out into ecotourism, and their love of nature is evident in signboards cautioning visitors to be on the lookout for meerkats crossing the gravel road up to the house.
Lucky Valley is one of several farms that the Jacobses own and rent, which together comprise about 23 000ha. Each farm has certain attributes that lends it to a specific use.
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