Vegetables

Most good market agents make sure they attend as many farmers’ days as possible.

How to do more to promote the benefits of milk to the public – and thereby improve profits all round.

The huge distances between producers and markets. Perishable products. Tough competition. The lack of understanding of markets and marketing by many producers.

In addition to seedling hardness, there’s also the matter of seedling size, which, of course, depends on the size of the cell – or plug – in the seedling tray.

The results speak for themselves and it’s not for nothing that lime can be called the soil’s ‘antacid’.

Since it opened six or seven years ago, I have had a love-hate relationship with the Kei Fresh Produce Market (KFPM) in Mthatha, Eastern Cape.

Seedlings need to be hardened to enable the plants to survive in the new environment where they are planted. But, as you will see, hardening has another advantage.

This week I want to discuss orderly marketing on the local fresh produce commission markets. This can be a harsh school for the unwary, but it can also be beneficial...

Vegetable seedlings vary quite a bit, so make sure you tell your seedling grower what you need.

I came across one of my previous columns (Farmer’s Weekly March 2002), and make no apology for repeating it, because it is sound advice that applies to all fresh produce.

There’s absolutely no reason for leaf miners to be a problem any longer – other than in isolated cases, that is. .

A young farmer recently asked me about marketing. His two basic questions were, “How do I go about supplying the markets?” and “What about...