A successful move from civil service to commercial farming
By Maile Matsimela Sydney Claassen, a vegetable farmer from Lynedoch, Stellenbosch, exemplifies agricultural entrepreneurship through his successful transition from civil ...
Tag: crop production
Over 500 small-scale farmers gain critical knowledge for sustainable farm management
With the recent graduation of the 2024 cohort, a total of 515 small-scale farmers earned qualifications, through the KAL Academy ...
Crop data reaffirms South African agriculture’s recovery path
There might be regions in South Africa that aren’t fully recovering and have suffered from erratic weather. Still, the national ...
Crop production: How to use pesticides safely
If you’re a farmer – new or already established – producing crops, you need to know how to handle and ...
Brothers find farming success in the motherland
Fine Living Farms, owned by the Ramaphala brothers, Thabo, Thabang and Botlhale, operates on four farms that span 53 hectares. ...
Young farmer provides inspiration in the field and in lecture rooms
Dimpho Xaba, an agricultural lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology, developed a love for farming at a young age as ...
Crop production: Sorghum can play a stabilising role
Here are some production tips for grain sorghum. Grain sorghum must be planted shallow, especially on heavy soils. Place the ...
Crop production: Better profits by understanding wheat
Wheat undergoes various stages before it reaches maturity. Farmers need to know what these stages are if production is to ...
Crop production: An introduction to producing wheat
Wheat can be produced under varied climatic and soil conditions. The reason is the diverse genetic material available in the form ...
Crop production: Consider the carob
Until recently, only a few livestock farmers have used pods from the carob tree to feed their stock, but agricultural ...
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.