Sowing peppers begins in June or July in warm climates and can take up to five months to harvest in Mzansi. In this edition we share a guide to growing peppers, plus tips for new farmers!

In our Meadow Feeds segment we focus on what to look for when formulating dairy cow rations. Stephan Gericke, ruminant technical advisor at Meadow Feeds joins us to explain the minimum and maximum nutrient specifications, some of the main macro-nutrients when formulating dairy cow diets and so much more…

As engineers from across the country are gearing up for the South African institute of Agricultural Engineers Biennial Symposium in September, we’re chatting to Chikondi Gurira, SAIAE’s Business Manager and Jan-Paul Smit, their Limpopo Branch Chair for more details about one of the largest knowledge sharing events within the agricultural engineering community.

Our book of the week is The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur: An Unconventional Success Plan for the Highly Creative, Secretly Sensitive, and Wildly Ambitious by Christine Kane. And, our farmer tip of the week comes from Phakade Khanyile, Mpumalanga, cattle breeder.