What is your location? Adult foliage and immature cones looks like a Cypress (Cupressus) species to me more than a Juniper (Juniperus) species. Maybe C. funebris but that's contingent on knowing where you live.

BTW...not Nootka Cypress.

I am in South Africa

. Attached a photo of the young tree and another adult tree. Most trees on the farm looks like this one though. Beautiful ! Well I hoped for Nootka but was not sure because of all the different types found browsing the net. Thank you for responding.

I'm not great at distinguishing between the large number of subtropical conifers but both your trees look like Cupressus sp. (but not Nootka). Nootka's foliage is held in flattened sprays and I doubt it would survive your dry season without LOTS of irrigation.

Kind in third shot down looks the part - even has the right bark. Some farmhouses visible from highways in eastern Washington have landmark examples planted near them so Nootka cypress can in fact grow in dry climates. And it also occurs natively at the eastern base of the Cascade Mountains, albeit near rivers.

FarmerJohn, I think your conifers, are "Widdringtonia schwarzii", a native species to South Africa but only native in few areas.

Thank you for all the feedback on this tree. I am not convinced that "Widdringtonia schwarzii" is the one because these trees grow in deep fertile soil in one of the higher and coldest rainfall areas (through out the year) in South Africa in the only area where hops can be produced. They were planted in hedges to prevent wind damage to the hops planted here from the late 1940. The form of the adult tree looks more like "cupressus lucitanica" but the lumber from an old tree that has fallen over shows no distinct heartwood like that found in Cupressus lucitanica.

First two photos: Cupressus lusitanica.
Next photos: necessary to see the cones.

To be clear only the one in the third shot looks like Nootka cypress.

Hi all I was away for a few days, but here are the photos. The smaller trees look a lot like Nootka cypress (first and last photo) and it seems that they were planted in between the bigger/older trees that I am now pretty sure is Cupressus lusitanica (middle photo). Very exited
if the smaller ones are Nootka, it is the most beautiful tree on the farm! Thank you for all
the contributions from every one.