by Sakata Webmaster | Nov 9, 2016 | General
Sakata has recently launched a whole new range of lettuce varieties – including crisp head lettuce, red and green Batavia lettuce, green and red Oak lettuce, as well as Butter lettuce. Lavinia is a new green Oak leaf type with light green colour leaves with a medium...
by Sakata Webmaster | Nov 9, 2016 | General
If only radish tasted as sweet and juicy as it looks! This is not to say that radish is not delicious, but it somehow always makes one think of red lollipops! Sakata has an extensive range of commercial radish varieties in their product range that include some old...
by Sakata Webmaster | Oct 11, 2016 | General
Trial work calls for good planning and hard work! In this picture Jan Oosthuizen, Sakata’s representative in the Western Cape assists farm owner, Hennie Viljoen with the planting of onion trials at Memel Boerdery situated in the Nuy Valley, close to Worcester. ...
by Sakata Webmaster | Oct 11, 2016 | General
Sakata recently exhibited at the annual Botswana Agricultural show. As a Japanese company, staff members were surprised to receive a visit by His Excellency Onishi Mashiro, the Japanese Ambassador which was joined by Honourable Patrick Ralotsia, the Minister of...
by Sakata Webmaster | Sep 9, 2016 | General
In January 2016, the Expedition Commander on the International Space Station, Scott Kelly, tweeted a picture of a blooming zinnia. The blooming variety was none other than Sakata’s Zinnia Profusion Orange, an All American Gold Award winner that became the first...
by Sakata Webmaster | Sep 9, 2016 | General
Sakata is very excited to launch a brand new long shelf life (LSL) sweet melon, called Majestic, that can take the market by storm! Majestic is an Eastern Shipper sweet melon with excellent internal quality and very long shelf life. The flesh texture is very firm,...
