THE FUSE

Joubert Horn, owner of the Joubert Horn Boer Goat Stud, did not grow up on a farm. His father, a lawyer in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, kept a few Boer goats, but farming was not their family occupation. Horn’s interest in agriculture only developed at university, influenced by friends from farming backgrounds. By 2010, he approached his father to farm the Boer goats on the family land. Horn had been studying the breed independently and developed a strong passion for it. His father agreed, allowing Horn to buy half the flock and farm alongside him.