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Magazines

Plaas Media publishes several magazine titles of which it owns three titles, Veeplaas, Stockfarm and Farmbiz. The company also publishes four contract titles.
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Broadcast

Besides its printed offerings that include special projects such as ad hoc book projects, the company is also involved in several broadcast platforms.
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Online

Plaas Media’s online presence is represented by AgriOrbit. The company also has an excellent social media presence.
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Projects

Plaas Media is involved in several projects that were conceptualised and created by the company, and made possible through the forging of key partnerships.

Welcome to Plaas Media

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About Plaas Media

Plaas Media is an agricultural media house focusing on sound technical content across all media platforms. The company’s head office is in Centurion, Gauteng and it has a presence in all provinces across the country. The company has grown by leaps and bounds since it opened its doors in 2010, when it started out with five members of staff and two magazine titles and a radio programme.

Today it has a staff complement of 30 and boasts three own magazine titles, several contract publications, a radio programme, television programme, highly successful website and social media presence, a video production arm, numerous competitions and projects, and a very unique and successful annual livestock event.

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Contract publishing

Plaas Media has been instrumental in establishing and growing magazine titles for establishments involved in agriculture, notably the Animal Feed Manufaturer’s Association of South Africa (AFMA), the Protein Research Foundation (PRF) and SA Stud Book.

Plaas TV

A unique programme presented on the Plaas TV channel on YouTube. This programme is presented television style and contains interviews, news, market and weather updates and much more. New programmes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 08:00. Click here to subscribe.

National Young Auctioneer Competition

Presented annually since 2014, this competition has played an instrumental role in underlining the importance of the auctioneering career in the livestock industry. The competition has delivered worthy winners since its inception and has seen some of its national winners travelling overseas to represent South Africa at international auctioneering competitions.

Agriorbit

AgriOrbit is an encompassing website which literally serves as the Grand Central of Plaas Media and its products, but also of the latest news and happenings in agriculture. Visit www.agriorbit.com for more information.

National Silage Competition

The National Silage Competition was established by Plaas Media and key partners in 2014 and is one of the most successful technical agricultural competitions in the country, encouraging scientifically based feed security on the farm.

Plaas Productions

Plaas Productions is the Plaas Media production arm with its own small studio situated in Centurion, Gauteng. The team is responsible for producing online and corporate video content, advertisements, pre-recordings for television and much more.
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LYNETTE LOUW

Chief executive officer

aka: The Driver

Analytical | Tactical | Action-oriented

Organised | Committed | Straightforward

Logical | Results-driven | Attuned

Deliberate | Thorough | To-the-point

+27 84 580 5120

lynette@plaasmedia.co.za

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MARNE ANDERSON

Finance and sales manager

aka: The Technician

Structured | Present | Facts-oriented

Efficient | Competitive | Deliberate

Pessimist | Easygoing | Rational

Relational | Feeling | Tentative

+27 72 639 1805

marne@plaasmedia.co.za

We offer a true 360-degree media offering to
role-players in agriculture.

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What we offer

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Live social media coverage

Our strategically located staff are on hand to attend and cover your event, and ensure live coverage on our social media platforms. This includes interviews, short videos, tweets, posts and news reports.

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Print, broadcast and online campaigns

The Plaas Media recipe for success lies in its ability to integrate and offer clients a proper 360-degree media solution. We will run your campaign on multiple platforms for extensive but highly targeted exposure.

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In-depth articles

Content is king and content is what Plaas Media is all about. Our experienced writers ensure in-depth articles that are topical, semi-technical and aimed at assisting producers to produce more profitably and scientifically.

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Radio and television exposure

Despite the digital era, radio and television remain trusted platforms carrying the agricultural message. Our well positioned current programmes are broadcast daily across the country to a highly dedicated viewership.

WHY WORK WITH US

Industry knowledge

We engineer technical, semi-technical and topical content for the agricultural industry.

360-degree media

Written, audio and visual content as well as special projects.

Creative and professional solutions

We offer tailormade solutions designed to meet your needs and your audience.

Technical content

We focus on sound, unbiased, non-political, technical, semi-scientific and current media content.

Highly focused content

We focus on highly targeted niche audiences – no shotgun approaches here!

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Technical, semi-technical and scientific content planned and engineered for the agricultural industry with its highly specific seasonal and environmental demands.
Written (print and online), audio and visual content as well as special projects and competitions giving our partners and clients the best exposure possible.
Content engineered by highly skilled and specialised content editors, writers, reporters and industry specialists.
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Niel Esterhuyse, marketing manager, Santam

We’ve been working with Plaas Media for almost nine years and the team keeps impressing us with their innovation and professional service. An awesome team that adds great value in our business. Well done to all.
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David Human, Commercial Manager, Zoetis

Plaas Media takes the time to understand who we are as a company and gave us a few amazing marketing plans to choose from. We love working with them on different projects, for example, the Climate Smart Ambassador project. We wholeheartedly recommend Plaas Media to everyone who wants a tailor-made publishing platform in the agricultural sector.
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Dawie Maree, Head: Communication & Marketing | FNB Agriculture

If you want to do something in the media, whether it is print or digital, Plaas Media has all the suitable products under one roof. With livestock farming as one of its fields of speciality, Plaas Media will be the first choice if you want to communicate to the livestock sector on a professional and unbiased basis.
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Shavani Buchaya MP(SA), Marketing Officer Marketing and Corporate Affairs, JSE

Working with Plaas Media is an absolute pleasure. They are efficient and always helpful.

Agricultural news

For the latest agricultural news and technical online content, go to www.agriorbit.com –

The Grand Central of Plaas Media’s content and news.