Police and farmers must be more pro-active against crime on farms, Free State Agriculture spokesman Bernard Maree said on Tuesday.

"Speedy reaction is good, but in many instances loss of life or serious trauma have already occurred," he said in reaction to the attack and murder of Petrus Steyn farmer Jan de Kock.

De Kock and his wife were attacked on their farm on Sunday morning. De Kock's wife survived the attack.

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