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As promised 😤🫶🏽🙏

Friday For Farmers is Up!!! #FfF

1. If you want to start farming potatoes we have a potato farmer who is selling all the equipment/machinery you’ll need all at R480k ✌️ ImageImageImageImage
2. This for Grain Farm Mangers looking for employment 🫶🏽 If you got what it takes to manage a 500ha of grains ✌️ my DMs are open😅 Image
3. If you know anyone who owns a SugarCane farmer and is looking for an experienced Sugarcane manager please 🙏 show yourselves!!! @IllovoSugarGrp Image
4. If you need a website for your startUp Watoto is the plug✌️ they’re a NPO based in Kenya ✌️😅 check them out @watotocoding Image
5. Do we have onion farmers on the TL??? There’s a market for you😅DMs are open! Image
6. Investors Corner

If you are around Bethlehem (hope that’s right spelling) FS and you have some money you’d like to invest in a farm👍 There’s a 141ha which belongs to a family and they need you🫶🏽 Image
7. Emerging farmer in NW needs your mentorship and guidance please assist✌️ Image
8. Once again there’s a student who is studying Veterinary Medicine in Budapest who needs your assistance with practical work during his July Holiday in South Africa🙏 Livestock farmers kindly assist Image

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May 20
ZZ2 Family Business is a one Massive Empire :

+100 year old Billion empire 🫣

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I am sure the question in everyone's mind is:

How did they accumulate so much wealth overtime?

1. Background
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May 18
Onion Production 101 🧅🧅🧅

Fun Facts

- Onions was once used as a currency

- Onion means Unity

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- Fresh Onions June - Oct Image
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- Always fix the soil first!!!

- Good farmers do soil samples every after 3 years!!!

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May 2
TOMATO PRODUCTION 101 🍅

Fun Facts

1. Tomatoes and Potatoes are one plant, the difference is one produces fruit 🍅 and the other produces tubes 🥔

2. A tomato tree has the ability to grow 15cm every week

3. Tomatoes can be yellow, pink, purple, black and even white

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1.Soil

A happy soil leads to happy plants.

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