Tag: sunflowers

Sunflowers are known as a drought-resistant crop with low input costs. Photo: Jordan Cormack/Unsplash

How to farm with sunflowers in Mzansi

by Nicole Ludolph

6th December 2021

Sunflowers are South Africa’s third largest grain crop, according to Grain SA. In this Farmer's Inside Track farm guide, Happy Letsitsa and Herman Janse van Rensburg, sunflower farmers from the ...

New farmer: It’s never too late to follow your dream

by Nicole Ludolph

27th July 2021

After nearly a decade working in the corporate world, Alice Radebe decided to follow her childhood passion. She is one of the extraordinary female farmers participating in the Corteva Women Agripreneur ...

Did you know South African farmers produce enough maize per year to not only meet the local demand, but also supply many other African countries? Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Latest crop estimates: It’s raining maize, hallelujah!

by Sinesipho Tom

22nd April 2021

Mzansi famers are expecting yet another bumper maize harvest with the latest crop estimates banking the size of commercial maize crops for 2021 at a massive 15 922 million tonnes. ...

Bush Masiu says he is a successful Free State farmer because he is not a 'bluetooth' farmer. Picture: Supplied.

No ‘bluetooth farmers’ needed, says young cattleman

by Duncan Masiwa

7th September 2020

Near Bloemfontein in the Free State lies a 700-hectare farm, mostly grazed by cattle, sheep and goats. The sizeable land is home to over 200 head of cattle as well ...

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