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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 businesses, create jobs and help feed...
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 soybeans the country’s second-largest summer crop...
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 assume there is little else in...
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 be sold. But what comes onto...
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, cold mornings and carefully managed winter...
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 of better grazing, now is the...