AGRICULTURE NEWS - Having a diverse basket of produce helps a vegetable farmer reduce production risk and cope with fluctuating market prices.
The trick, though, is finding the right mix of vegetables to avoid over-complicating production.
Francois Steyn of JF Steyn Boerdery near Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, is always keen to try new varieties, provided there is a market.
When he was approached to plant a pumpkin variety relatively unknown in South Africa, the Hokkaido (also called the red kuri squash), he took up the challenge, and has found that this addition to his crop mix fits in well with his production cycles and has a good, albeit small, market.
Read the full article here on the Caxton publication, Farmer's Weekly
