Harry Steyl

Technologically strong, fast learner and willing to learn. Hard worker, loyal with excellent endurance. South African national with extensive experience in agriculture, farm management, commodity trading, and project management.

General Assistant at Family Business (2001 – 2004)

Raising Broilers and Pigs

• Worked weekends and school holidays

Supervisor at Philps Instandhouding (2009 – 2011)

Building and General Maintenance in Agriculture

• Worked during University holidays

Farm Manager at SJ Nel (2012-01 – 2012-08)

• General farm work with animals and farming equipment
• Sorting and binning Angora goat mohair
• Supervising the shearing team

Assistant Farm/Dairy Manager at Nico Anderson Farming (Pty) LTD (2012-09 – 2013-06)

Farm was sold to Grasslands

• Worked with herd of more than 2000 cows
• Optimized Utilisation of livestock and pastures
• AI (Artificial Insemination)
• Waikato-system (Computer Program)
• Swing-over-arm dairy system
• Attendance of pregnancy detection with Veterinarian presence
• Disease control
• Wage-control
• Irrigation/planting

Herd Manager at Grasslands (PTY) (2013-07 – 2014-06)

• Worked with herd of more than 2000 cows
• Optimized Utilisation of livestock and pastures
• AI (Artificial Insemination)
• Waikato-system (Computer Program)
• Swing-over-arm dairy system
• Attendance of pregnancy detection with Veterinarian presence
• Disease control
• Wage-control
• Irrigation/planting

Internal Sales/Buyer at Agrifeed Systems (2014-12 – 2015-12)

• Internal sales
• Stock control
• Buying stock
• Cashier
• Admin work
• Revelation accounting program
• All bearings, metal, taper locks, van belts and with pelleting machines

Commodity Trader at Silvergro Feed & Grain (2016-01 – 2024-12)

• Trading with raw animal feeds for client specifications
• Arranging logistics for all loads booked with various transporters
• Monthly forecasts for clients' needs and hedging contracts
• Monthly bidding experience on auctions (analytic skills to read opposition tactics)
• Reaching sales targets
• CRM knowledge (Silvergro created its own CRM program)

Project Extension Officer at Natcarbon Africa PTY LTD (2025-01 – Present)

• Land negotiations for the project, signing on farmers on 40-year lease contracts
• Negotiating with farmers
• GIS
• Google Earth
• All wage
• Title deeds systems
• Spekboom planting protocols
• Spekboom harvesting protocols
• Finding harvesting sites

Matriculate – Cradock High School (2008)

B.Agric – Incomplete in Agriculture – University of the Free State (2009 – 2009)

National Diploma in Animal Production – Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2012)

N3: Computer Practice in Computer Practice (2006)

N3: Small Business management and Entrepreneurship in Small Business management and Entrepreneurship (2007)

Artificial Insemination course in Artificial Insemination (2013)