Sensei is a very early maturing Crimson Sweet watermelon hybrid with unbeatable internal quality, colour, and flavour. These photos were taken at BBV Boerdery near Citrusdal, Western Cape. Gawie Smit, the owner of the farm, was very happy with the yield that he...

Hagen Horsthemke (son of Wolfie Horsthemke) is a proud vegetable producer in Namibia.  On their farm Eahero, they cultivate, amongst other things, watermelon, butternut, pumpkin, and cabbage. What can be seen in these pictures are their Optima cabbage fields, almost...

Curro Monaghan in Lanseria has their very own veggie garden filled with Sakata varieties. The kids maintain the garden themselves and with their hard work and passion they were able to serve their very first harvest of spinach for lunch. We are very proud of this...

Opkyk Pathways Therapy and Educational Center, (a non-profit Article 21 Company) and PBO is a stimulation and educational center, in Brits, North-West, South Africa, with a calling to accommodate children and young adults with various disabilities and learning...

National Tested Seed, one of Sakata Seed’s distributors in Zimbabwe hosted a field day in Harare for the vegetable producers in the area.  Members of the Sakata product development team contributed to the day by sharing their knowledge on vegetable production as well...

Sakata Seed Southern Africa took part in the national celebrations that united South Africa when the ‘Springboks’ won the Rugby World Cup. Our company had our very own internal braai at Head office in honor of the boys who played their hearts out for their country. We...

On the weekend of the 12th of October Sakata Seed Southern Africa formed part of one of the most beautiful marathons in the country. Right in the heart of our production area, Oudtshoorn, the Sakata production team sponsored a water stop for all the athletes that took...

Sakata Seed joined forces with Riverside Nursery and P&A Seedlings to take part in a Farmers workshop at Tshipise a Forever Resort. Our Sakata team traveled 1028 kilometers over 2 days to present at this workshop and to educate and interact with the farmers in the...

Attracting youth to the agricultural sector is a major focus of the annual Agricultural Career Fair that was held in September 2019 at the University of Pretoria. Energetic young Sakata employees with a real passion for agriculture manned the Sakata stand.  They had...

With Sakata’s slogan of “Quality, Reliability and Service” it will always be one of our top priorities to keep vegetable producers up to date with relevant information regarding our industry.  Sometimes we will also join forces with external experts in specific fields...

In celebration of Women’s Day today we would like to feature one of our female growers of whom we are very proud. Greet Tijssen is a vegetable farmer based on the outskirts of Gauteng. The crops that she produces on the farm includes cucumbers, peppers, lettuce and...

Dulce Nectar is a Honeydew type melon.  Due to its large size and vigorous plants, the variety is suitable for planting through winter in frost free areas.  These pictures were taken at Adelaide Boerdery in the Nwanedi region in Limpopo.  They were extremely happy...