Danie Engelbrecht

Dry and wine grape farming with some alfalfa and dates. Sultana, Merbein, Therona Riesling, Colombar grapes. 6 permanent staff members and 40 seasonal (5 – 6 months of the year) reporting directly to myself.

Owner/Farmer at Self employed (2007-09 – Present)

Dry and wine grape farming with some alfalfa and dates. Sultana, Merbein, Therona Riesling, Colombar grapes. 6 permanent staff members and 40 seasonal (5 – 6 months of the year) reporting directly to myself.

• Irrigation scheduling
• Fertilizer application
• Pest and disease control
• Weed Control
• Harvest
• Pruning
• Productive use of labour
• Recording of productions, spray records labour activities, fertilization and irrigation record
• Maintenance
• Health and Safety

Senior Research Associate at Pioneer Hi-Bred Research RSA Pty Ltd (1999-01 – 2007-08)

Pioneer Research RSA is part of the international Research arm of Pioneer International. Pioneer South Africa key products are, corn, soybean and sunflower.

• Manage Corn research field trials in the eastern part of South Africa
• Product placement and Characterization
• Licensing of all new varieties (Plant Breeders Rights & Variety List) regulatory management, germoplasm registration & protection
• Conducting of all Product Characterization & Commercialization trails
• Manage research co-workers and field planting sites
• Manage research database
• Manage assigned part of staff and labour issues
• Planning and executing of assigned part of Research budget
• Chairman Safety Committee
• Maintain & support field equipment

Senior Plant and Quality Control Officer at National Department of Agriculture (1992-01 – 1998-12)

Government department tasked with the international UPOV convention, Plant Variety Listing and Plant Breeders Rights.

• Variety Listing & Plant Breeders Right's
• Responsibility's included aspects ranging from evaluating, co-coordinating and reporting on Plant Breeding Rights and variety listing experiments
• Research farm management and management of about 20 farmers in evaluation trials
• National & international liaison regarding cultivar evaluations
• Staff & office administration
• Management of LAN
• Chairman of the Occupational and Safety Committee

Farm Manager (During university holiday's) at DH Bothma Boerdery BK (1986-01 – 1991-12)

Combination sheep/alfalfa farm. 16 000 ha. Reported to owner.

• Day by day farm management, all aspects of sheep and alphalfa farming

BSc Agric IV in Agriculture – University of Stellenbosch (1991)

Grade 12 in Secondary Education – Paul Roos Gymnasium (1985)