For any new farmer grasping your seasonal crop rotation cycle is vital to stay adrift. Plus, it helps to diversify your farming operation and this week we share a winter crop guide for beginner farmers.

And while I have you attention crop farmers, this week’s AECI Plant Health segment focuses on downy mildew on broccoli and cauliflower. Simon Lowe, technical advisor at AECI Plant Health joins us to identify it and ways to treat this common threat, especially if you’re a new farmer.

Our book of the week is, Permission to Screw Up: How I Learned to Lead by Doing (Almost) Everything Wrong by Kristen Hadeed. And, our farmer tip of the week comes from Dr Ethel Phiri, lecturer at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Agriscience.