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How mentorship helped raise a potato farmer’s yield by 50 tons per hectare. Create energy from rubbish instead of dumping it in landfills. What 2024 has in store for grains and oilseed. Reindeer farming in the Northern Hemisphere. Agri leaders assess 2023’s performance and weigh up future prospects.

From trash to power!

Nkweauseh Reginald Longfor, a doctoral candidate at Sophia University in Japan, explains how to harness energy from Africa's rubbish dumps, and save billions in future damage.

4 mins

Leading family-owned fresh produce business celebrates 130 years in South Africa

The Dutoit Group is celebrating 130 years as a leader in South African agriculture.

4 mins

This tunnel farmer has gone loco

Western Cape farmer swears by old, converted, coal-burning locomotives A for heating tunnels, and they cost less than conventional units.

3 mins

Tough year looms but support for sector bodes well

Role players are committed to supporting local production, Jyothi Laldas reports.

3 mins

South Africa's grain and oilseed outlook for 2024

Magda du Toit examines the trends and forecasts for maize, soya bean, sunflower and wheat in the year ahead.

10+ mins

What does the new year hold for agriculture?

Agriculture leaders and role players look back at 2023 and express their wishes for 2024.

2 mins

Private landowners are vital custodians of biodiversity

BirdLife South Africa explains why private landowners’ co-operation can be extremely helpful and is actually essential for the protection of biodiversity.

4 mins

Mixing the traditional with modern technologies

Reindeer farming is an ancient practice that involves the herding and hunting of reindeer for meat, hides and horns. Janine Ryan looks at a brief history of reindeer farming, and how modern technologies are being used to improve efficiency.

4 mins

Good advice and hard work tripled this farmer's potato crop

Potatoes are a notoriously tricky crop to produce, making transformation in the sector extra-challenging. However, through collaboration with Potatoes SA L and mentorship, Limpopo farmer P Walter Mathidi has boosted production. Lindi Botha reports.

8 mins

Understanding carrot fertilisation

Whether to apply fertiliser or not depends on which crops were grown in the land previously, among various factors,

2 mins

Ford's new Ranger Tremor built for off-road performance

Ford will introduce its Ranger Tremor to the South African market in the first half of 2024, Siyavuya Mbaduli of CAR magazine reports.

1 min

A harmonious blend of agriculture, sustainability and luxury

Wine connoisseur Cobus du Plessis finds a case study for sustainable agriculture at Terre Paisible, an estate producing fine wines, olive oil and lemons in the fertile Franschhoek Valley.

3 mins

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Farmer’s Weekly is an agricultural magazine based in South Africa, targeting the whole of Southern Africa. The magazine is committed to advancing the interests of the region’s farmers and its agricultural industry by serving as a mouthpiece for the industry and by keeping its readers informed of the latest developments in the agricultural sector.