Tag: how-to guide

Here’s a step-by-step guide to setting up your very own farm for success. Each farm is unique and has to be looked at in its own context, says KwaZulu-Natal farmer ...

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.

Do you have questions about starting or running your farm business? Are you looking for farming tips and resources? You can find them all in this one-stop library of our ...

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 ...

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

The South African Sugar Association (SASA) estimates that 19 087 270 tonnes of sugar cane will be crushed from this year’s harvest. If you want to be part of this ...

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 ...

Harvesting has commenced in many of the cotton production areas in Mzansi, and the CEO of Cotton SA, Hennie Bruwer, says the scene is set for a good ginning season. ...