Every day animals are traded at sale venues across the country. In the formal sector, auction houses manage the livestock trade through their saleyards. Established auction house Vleissentraal holds about 1 700 auctions a year at its facilities, where agents and auctioneers work to get the best prices for buyers and sellers while ensuring the safety […]
Winter is upon us with colder, drier weather in the summer rainfall regions and the winter rains starting in the Western Cape. War in the Ukraine has had some serious consequences for farmers with frightening price increases in animal feed, fuel and fertiliser. But farmers are survivors, capable of making and implementing the type of […]
The value of learning about farming from a young age is inestimable, but unfortunately the policies of the past separated many potential farmers from the generational knowledge that should have been their birthright. Seitshiro Marumoloe was raised by his grandparents, who were small-scale farmers, and exposed to agriculture from his early childhood. He talks to […]
Irrigation farmer Kyle Middleton continuously works on growing the farming operation he runs with his parents, Jacqui and Keith, outside Jacobsdal in the Free State. They have expanded their business by setting goals and taking concrete steps to implement them. However, growth may be more complex than farmers realise and must be controlled to be […]
WHAT’S THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN? Focus and work with what I have to achieve what I want. Our journeys won’t be the same and we cannot all tell the same story. IF THERE’S ONE THING YOU COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Nothing, otherwise I wouldn’t have learned from my mistakes. […]
From when she was in high school, Keneilwe Raphesu started shadowing her father, Dr Mamabolo Raphesu, on his farm. Two years ago, she came out from his shadow to swop life in academia for life on a farm. Peter Mashala caught up with this ambitious father-and-daughter team. As a young black woman, many people were […]
Israel Nemaorani, a pioneer black farmer, started farming vegetables in Tshivhilwi outside Thohoyandou in the 1990s and took title to his land in 1994. In 1996 he began to transform the 202ha farm into what is today a successful black-owned commercial citrus farm. Sadly, Israel passed on in 2019. His son, Lavhengwa Nemaorani, intends to […]
Amos Njoro found his passion for farming by accident as a lack of funds stopped him from following his dream of becoming a teacher. Today, Amos is qualified in agriculture and runs a successful grain operation on several farms. He also runs an AgriSeta accredited company, Ya-rona Temo, which offers training and mentorship to many […]
A mechanisation pilot project by the John Deere SMART initiative has doubled the maize yields of two small-scale farmers in one season, and has the potential to usher their whole community into the era of mechanised farming. By Robyn Joubert. Two of the biggest challenges choking the progress of small-scale farmers are access to finance […]
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