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Tag: summer crops

Farmers urged to plan smart as El Niño threatens planting season
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Farmers urged to plan smart as El Niño threatens planting season

by Patricia Tembo
29th July 2026
Climate Change

Warm, dry spring looms for much of Mzansi

by Ed Stoddard
10th August 2025
Early crop damage observed on maize, soybeans, and sunflowers during the past season. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
News

Unpredictable 2024/25 summer crop season challenges farmers

by Ivor Price
14th May 2025
Heavy rainfalls and flash floods have left a trail of destruction in parts of the Free State. This picture was taken by Riaan Meintjies in Tweespruit, 27km east of Thaba Nchu. Photo: Storm Report SA
Climate Change

Erratic summer weather put crop farmers on the back foot

by Sinenhlanhla Mncwango
3rd March 2024
Late rain leaves farmers high and dry during planting season
News

Late rain leaves farmers high and dry during planting season

by Sinenhlanhla Mncwango
25th October 2023
Siyabonga Vilakazi, deputy director of training directorate in the KwaZulu-Natal department of agriculture and rural development, Dr Lerato Matsaunyane, Agricultural Research Council, and Sandra van Eeden, a horticulture and post-harvest production lecturer at Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute in the Western Cape. Photo: Supplied/FoodForMzansi
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Farmer 101: Tips on planting summer crops

by Vateka Halile
25th September 2022
Get the best out of your butternut with these tips
Farmer's Inside Track

Get the best out of your butternut with these tips

by Nicole Ludolph
13th September 2022
To many experts' relief, South African farmers have planted more summer crops than expected. Photos: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
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Mzansi plants more summer crops despite farm floods

by Duncan Masiwa
28th January 2022
Crop farmers: Preliminary area plantings data for 2021/22 summer crops to be released this week. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
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ICYMI: Rains, price hikes spell ‘costly’ year for farmers

by Duncan Masiwa
25th January 2022
Underspending on funding infrastructure projects by government is hitting farmers hard. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
News

Conditions of Free State roads negatively impacts farmers

by Dona Van Eeden
14th April 2021
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Mogogelo farmers receive packhouse and cold storage facilities

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Godongwana unveils fuel relief and R10 billion El Niño buffer

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21st October 2026
Record farm exports overshadowed by growing drought disaster

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Mogogelo farmers receive packhouse and cold storage facilities

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Godongwana unveils fuel relief and R10 billion El Niño buffer

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