Giving goat farming a go
Goat farming has many advantages, but be warned, goats are natural roamers, climbers and escape artists. Keeping them contained requires ...
Tag: Commercial Farming
‘Meaningful transformation in agriculture is impossible without strong partnerships’
At the African Farming Agri-Development Imbizo 2025, a high-level panel discussion led by Chris Burgess, editor-in-chief of African Farming and ...
Boesmanland’s “lamb nursery school” helps fellow farmers
Franchwa Batt and his wife, Chrismari van der Westhuizen-Batt, from the farm Uitspankolk in Boesmanland, launched a project in 2019 ...
SAFJA celebrates its graduates, award winners and stalwarts
The South African Fatstock Judging Association (SAFJA) recently hosted a three-day course to train stakeholders in the country’s red meat ...
Watch | From hairdresser to hands-on large-scale maize farmer
Zoliwe Nombewu was a runner-up in the 2024 Grain SA Potential Commercial Farmer of the Year competition. She has travelled ...
A journey from farm kid to award-winning commercial farmer
It has been a continuous journey of agricultural growth for Meshack Ndongeni (52), from helping with small-scale farming as a ...
Engineer turns to farming to carry dad’s legacy
Tracy Marobobo, one of the top performers in the Sernick Group’s farmer development programme, gave up an engineering career to ...
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.