New Holland has just revealed its methane powered concept tractor, taking a step to provide a self-sufficient fuel and lower carbon emission future for farmers. In practice, this means farmers with all the necessary resources won’t have to rely on fossil fuels to power their machinery, but can be energy…
If you are in the second-hand business, you have to load and unload implements daily. A businessman from Cradock in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa converted an old hay rake into an ingenious device for loading ploughs, graders and other implements. You would have to search far and…
The Wuhlf Buffel is the machine you need to get rid of hardy invasive trees and plants and also cuts it up for crop cover or animal feed, if usable. In this video the machine is used to clear the Lantana bush, a problem plant in South Africa. https://youtu.be/P6iJGLPMkOA
A co-op may take many forms, but its core function is always to help its members. South African farmer, the president of the World Farmers’ Organisation, Dr Theo de Jager is a firm supporter of farmers’ co-ops organised around a common commodity. While he headed up the Pan African Farmers’…
Not every farmer has the natural feel to be a mechanic on the farm. Yet, it is within anybody’s reach to collect the essential body of tools in his workshop to fix a pump or tractor on the farm. We visited a farmer from whom anybody could learn in this…