by Sakata Webmaster | Sep 3, 2018 | General
At the beginning of August Sakata hosted a Brassica and Irrigation Information day in the lovely town of George in the Eastern Cape. The well-known irrigation specialist, Chris Barnard was the guest speaker at this event and gave a whole workshop on everything that a...
by Sakata Webmaster | Sep 3, 2018 | General
Sakata recently took part in a cabbage information day that was held in Weenen, KwaZulu Natal. The cabbage day has become an annual event in the town of Weenen where local growers, nurseries, seed companies and other service providers get together to look at cultivar...
by Sakata Webmaster | Aug 12, 2018 | General
Sakata, in conjunction with Aqualand (Sakata’s distributor in Namibia) and Metson, recently held a series of Vegetable Workshops throughout the country of Namibia. The first workshop was held at Ruacana and after a drive of a whole 450 km inland the team arrived for...
by Sakata Webmaster | Aug 12, 2018 | General
Floris Smit, a farmer at Otavifontein Boerdery in Otavi, Namibia, is very satisfied with the consistent and excellent performance he gets from Sakata’s cabbage varieties, Grandslam and Optima. Floris says that the Grandslam heads are usually the first to be sold out...
by Sakata Webmaster | Aug 12, 2018 | General
Many beet producers may have thought that their beet crop developed a mind of its own when it starts to produce some crazy, hairy roots with a beard-like appearance. These symptoms can in actual fact be the result of a disease infection called Rhizomania or “Crazy...
by Sakata Webmaster | Jul 9, 2018 | General
Sakata Seed Corporation, of Yokohama, Japan, announces that they have acquired a minority interest in Van Egmond Lisianthus B.V., of Rijnsburg, The Netherlands. Sakata Seed Corporation is the world’s major breeder of Lisianthus cultivars, and Van Egmond Lisianthus...
