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The 101 of fruit farming for beginner farmers
Episode 7519th May 2021 • Farmer's Inside Track • Food For Mzansi
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In this week’s episode of Farmer’s Inside Track… The 101 of fruit farming for beginner farmers. South Africa produces a large variety of fruit crops and this could be your next agri enterprise. Find out how! 

We’re excited to kick off a new segment… “Animal nutrition powered by…Voermol Feeds”. Dr Francois van de Vyver, National Technical Manager at Voermol Feeds, unpacks overwintering in the dry season of the summer rainfall areas. Plus, you stand the chance of winning a R1 000 Voermol product voucher…

This week’s #SoilSista, powered by Food For Mzansi and Corteva Agriscience, is the incredible Nobuntu Makhoa, founder of Ba ha Makhoa. She started her farming education when her father turned her childhood home into an informal dairy.

Agripreneurs, listen up! Your innovation technology solution for the food system can get you crowned as the first Inqola FEED Innovation Prize winner. We chat to the founders of the Food Equity, Equality and Democracy Agency.

Our book of the week… The Intuitive Farmer” by Peter Nuthall. He believes a farmer’s success is based on the excellence of their decision-making skills. And mango farmer, Bernie van den Heever, knows that the land he toils deserves to be loved. His farmer tip of the week is about soil diversity. 

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