Learn from real farmers and agri experts as they share their triumphs, challenges, and stories of resilience across the value chain. From livestock and crop management to finance, disease control, and farm ownership, XploreZA brings you everything you need to grow, thrive, and succeed in agriculture.
By Mabuyane Mabuza For many South African farmers, access to finance can make the difference between a successful planting season and a difficult year on the land. From buying seed,
By Staff Writer In Diepsloot and Orange Farm, a community farming initiative is showing how growing fresh produce can help improve nutrition, develop practical skills and open doors to entrepreneurship.
By Aurelia Mbokazi South Africa needs more farmers. Not just people growing food for their households, but a new generation of skilled farmers who can turn small beginnings into productive
By Staff Writer Soybeans have quietly become a major South African crop. Once occupying just 134,000 hectares in 2000, they are now planted across more than 1.2 million hectares, making
By Aurelia Mbokazi For many young people, agriculture still means one thing: working on a farm. And if life on the farm does not appeal, it can be easy to
By Aurelia Mbokazi Farmers spend a great deal of time thinking about what comes out of their fields and orchards, from the quality of the crop to where it will
Staff Writer For many South African beef farmers, September is not simply the end of winter. It is calving time, or very close to it. After months of dry veld,
By Staff Writer Getting cattle through winter is one thing. Making sure they enter the new season healthy and well-fed is another. As September brings warmer days and the promise
Staff Writer Spring has arrived. For many, that means the first signs of green returning to the landscape. For farmers, however, September is when preparations for the season ahead begin,