Home Great returns with tobacco, the ideal cash crop Peter Kok produces tobacco on Nyawa Farm near Marble Hall in Limpopo.

Peter Kok produces tobacco on Nyawa Farm near Marble Hall in Limpopo.

After planting, seedlings do not grow for about three weeks. Thereafter, they grow to about hip-height in a matter of weeks.

After planting, seedlings do not grow for about three weeks. Thereafter, they grow to about hip-height in a matter of weeks.

Tobacco is cured in large containers heated by coal-fired ovens. When Farmer’s Weekly visited the farm, maintenance was being done to prepare for harvesting

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