Kinko
Agriculture in Swellendam

Our Scientific approach makes us the leader in modern merino breeding. Kinko Merinos and Grain is exactly what the name says, Merino sheep and grain farming, situated near Swellendam in the Overberg district of the Western Cape. Our aim is to breed functional and efficient Merinos with revenue ratios that make optimal economical production possible in the Southern and Western Cape. As grain producers we cultivated mainly wheat, canola and barley. For the Van As Brothers it became clear that higher production is more important than big areas therefore they adjust crops and tillage and make use of precision farming to farm more successfully. Grain production consists of Canola, Wheat and Barley and Oats. In the years to follow several sires were introduced, among them were three imports from Australia. Van As Bros Pty Ltd provides the best quality meat to only the best livestock marketers in the Southern and Western Cape. For the meat market 40% of the Merino flock is bred from pure Merino ewes crossbreed with Dormer rams. Minimum tillage is being used for two reasons, namely, moisture conservation and to reduce high production costs that contribute to higher net profit per hectare in the end. Precision farming is part of the Van As Brothers practices that make production more efficient. A lot of technology is used to make modern agriculture more efficient for example: Global Positioning Systems (GPS) that guided tractors, harvesters, sprayers and planters, electromagnetic soil mapping, soil sample collection, crop and soil colour index maps.