Financial Health
Debt ratios: How to stop your ship from sinking
Think of an overloaded ship riding very low in the water compared with one that is not overloaded. Now ask...
Read moreDetails
Business insights from livestock and crop farmer Nkosana Mtambo
Nkosana Mtambo's father Jabu, a successful entrepreneur in the Vaal triangle, and his late grandfather Samuel, who farmed with livestock...
Read moreDetails
FMD | Understanding requested for cash-strapped livestock farmers
The rampant spread and consequences of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have many of South Africa’s livestock farmers now pushed to the brink...
Read moreDetails
Valuable advice from an agricultural accountant
Dr Philip Theunissen is a farmer and an agricultural accountant from Bethlehem in the Free State. He understands the importance...
Read moreDetails
10 Proven Financial Strategies: How David Mthombeni built his 2 162-hectare farming empire in Mpumalanga
David is something of a trailblazer and a hero in the black farming community. Born in Mohlakeng, Randfontein, during a...
Read moreDetails
7 Healthy money habits for farmers
The tighter the finances get, the more important it becomes to take control of them. Chronic mismanagement of a farm’s...
Read moreDetails
A farmer’s financial playbook: Wine farm owner, Berene Sauls
As the first woman of colour to own and run a wine farm, Berene Sauls carries the weight of history....
Read moreDetails
Business insights from farmer Petrus ‘Happy’ Letsitsa
Petrus "Happy" Letsitsa farms maize, sunflowers, soya beans and livestock on two adjacent properties covering just more than 1000 hectares...
Read moreDetails
When to change, and how not to go broke doing it – veteran Merino farmer’s advice
Veteran Merino farmer Claude Cloete shares some advice on how to navigate major changes in a farming operation with financial...
Read moreDetails
The simple bookkeeping system every farmer can – and should – master
Donovan Burgess farms on a medium-scale family farm that he inherited from his father in Indwe in the Eastern Cape....
Read moreDetailsLatest News
Established in 2020, African Farming aims to support black commercial farming in South Africa by providing informative and inspiring content and creating communication and education channels to help farmers develop and grow. Its initiatives include African Farming information days and workshops, which empower farmers – whether new or experienced – to build profitable and sustainable farming enterprises.