Kynoch Fertilizer is a leading importer, blender, and retailer of a complete range of granular, liquid and speciality fertilizers in Southern Africa. In this edition we're joined by Johan Botha, the commercial retail manager at Kynoch.

Stir fried, boiled, steamed or even raw. broccoli is said to be one of the most nutritious vegetables and this week we chatted with farmer, Yasas Jayakody, the operations director at Elysian Fields.

And we celebrate this week’s #SoilSister, Sinokuhle Mbuyazi. She talks more about her journey getting into agriculture and more about life on the farm.

EPISODE 200!!! Whoop Whoop!!! We know we can’t do any of it without our listeners, the farmers from all over Mzansi, Nigeria, Botswana, Germany, Singapore, the United States and even Italy and so many more. Plus, the amazing industry players. We enjoy every minute with the experts sharing advice through various campaigns from plant health to livestock management, irrigation and accessing finance. We asked some of our Farmer’s Inside Track friends to celebrate this podcasting milestone with us.

And Elton Greeve, trade and engagement Manager at Tridge, passion lies with the development of South African emerging and developing farmers. He has spent most of his local and international career in the sector with this clear purpose and today he talks more about his experiences, challenges and dreams for the sector and our beautiful country…

In this edition we meet Trenton Birch, the CEO and co-founder of Cheeba Cannabis Academy. He shares an industry overview, how we’re progressing in Mzansi and how new producers can break into the market by joining cannabis clubs and the medicinal cannabis sector…

What’s summer in Mzansi without a juicy mango? These fruit trees can tolerate a wide range of climatic conditions - from hot and humid to cool and dry climates which makes it an ideal crop for new farmers or to diversify your agribusiness. Food For Mzansi commercial journalist, Octavia Spandiel, chats to Khuliso Madima, a Limpopo mango farmer.

We celebrate this week’s #SoilSister, Mbali Ncgobo. She talks more about her journey getting into agriculture.

More and more farmers in Mzansi opt for disease-resistant crop varieties, biotech crops that require less pesticide application. Farmers are creating insect refuges in and around crop fields to protect beneficial insects and lure away harmful insects.

In this edition, Food For Mzansi commercial journalists, Octavia Spandiel chat to the developing market manager at Corteva Agriscience, Pioneer Seed, Charles Matlou to unpack the three biotech crops used in Mzansi, namely maize, cotton and soybean.

Hortgro director Unathi Speirs believes we should deal with land as land and stop racialising it, “let’s separate it, and stop making it a political carrot stick to fight with, " she says.

Speirs is a dynamic and feisty woman in agriculture and in this edition she talks about the steps she’d take if she was agricultural minister, more about farm safety and touching on the living and working conditions of agricultural workers in Mzansi…

In this edition we share the 101 on cover crops, types, uses, and benefits for new and established farmers with three dynamic agronomists in Mzansi. Food For Mzansi commercial journalists, Octavia Spandiel chats to Onele Mduzulwana, agronomist at Daracorp NPO based in Gauteng, Wafiq Essop, agronomist and technical support and business developer at AfriNat, and Jovan Erasmus, Netafim agronomist.

We celebrate this week’s #SoilSister, Xolile Nkosi. She talks more about her journey getting into agriculture and how she’s benefitted from being part of the Corteva Women Agripreneur programme, this is a year-long blended development programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science Entrepreneurship Development Academy.

Samkelo Booi, co-founder of Abelusi says agritech is no silver bullet but it can be a game changer for developing farmers in Mzansi. In this edition he tells us more about their agritech start-up that provides the first community-based livestock management and marketplace tailored to mitigate smallholder farmer challenges.

In this edition Paul Kim, the co-founder of People Flow, a software company that develops paperless HR solutions for blue-collar enterprises talks about how to build a successful business on purpose versus profit…