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Young people in the Free State are soaring to greater heights in the Agriculture industry. The provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural development says through various youth support programmes it wants to produce more young commercial farmers.

Young people in the Free State are soaring to greater heights in the Agriculture industry. The provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural development says through various youth support programmes it wants toThis year almost 200 young farmers participated in the Youth in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries awards. Young people of the Free State are working the land and making agriculture fashionable.

Dieketseng says, “ It requires a lot of capital so you always to be innovative, you can’t do one thing because a cow for example is pregnant for nine months and then you need some sort of income while that is happening. Same with the sheep, same with the crops you have to wait for them to grow. So my challenge is trying to find innovative ways to make more money for the farm income.”

Tumelo’s market is mostly for funerals and traditional ceremonies, and he is also producing and selling lucerne. He says he started buying second-hand machines with the money he was making and now employs two permanent staff and two part-times.“I got into it by buying and selling animals and I am still doing it for cash-flow purposes because you cannot wait for six months before making an income.

 

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