Tag: farm guide

Any money in flowers? There's more to the blooms than meets the eye and fragrances, oils and seeds all have their own income streams to explore.

It’s naartjie harvesting season. We’re all enjoying the refreshing, healthy addition of citrus to our diets in this time, but maybe you want to take it a step further and ...

One of the primary challenges for farmers today is to increase their output per hectare in a sustainable manner. You have probably heard of intercropping by now – a trend ...

Farming is wonderfully diverse – from crops to livestock to insects. If you want to enter the agriculture space but have little land for crops and animals, farming with bees ...

To diversify seems like an obvious strategic decision for farmers who want to grow their business. But some factors might complicate the issue and will need careful consideration.

South Africa is the home of two world-renowned types of tea: rooibos and honeybush. Find out here how you can farm these local crops

If you read our article "How to make good quality hay" then you will know how important it is to keep your hay dry. When hay becomes wet a number ...

Jabulani Tembe, farmer at Laluhle farm in Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, and secretary of the Black Farmers Tobacco Association (BFTA), says that it is not easy to become a tobacco farmer ...

One of the things you must know about farming with chickens is that you never mix batches. It’s an all-in, all-out system that you must implement in poultry,” says Manyano ...

Saffron is a new crop in South Africa, and everybody is talking about it. If you want to start farming this up-and-coming crop, here’s your guide to farming with saffron ...