From seasonal worker to award-winning farmer
Most established farmers will say it would be near impossible to farm out their land [pay for the farm with revenue from production] under current production and market conditions. The odds, then, would be even lower for those not born into a farming family and their support network to offer guidance on production.
And yet, there are always outliers, like Dirk Louw, owner of Silver Moon Investments, who prove that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Louw was born in Opwag and grew up in Topline near Groblershoop in the Northern Cape. He started out as a general worker at a small shop in Hanover Park in the Western Cape after matriculating in 1995, but left the job after three years to look after his father, who had fallen ill. Louw struggled to
