Agriculture is a key strategic economic sector which can promote economic transformation, propel employment and create a globally competitive economy. The district is covered by a large commercial agricultural land. The total current agricultural production area for the Waterberg District is 4.3 million hectares which is 38.51% of the provincial agricultural area. Waterberg has the biggest extent of agricultural area in Limpopo.
The land in the district is suitable for livestock production as well as cotton, sunflower, tobacco, and soya bean production. Vegetables that are mainly produced include tomatoes, potatoes, cabbages and butternut. Horticulture production is more dominant in Modimolle and Bela Bela areas. Most grain production happens in Mookgophong and Thabazimbi with Sunflower and Maize as dominating commodities. The rural areas of Lephalale and Mogalakwena are with the most livestock owned by smallholder farmers.
The primary commodities in the district are livestock, maize and poultry. The spin-off opportunities from these commodities include meat production, production of feeds, eggs, animal hides processing.
The National Development Plan advocates for agricultural commodities expansion and value chain addition, as such, the development of various agricultural commodity value chains needs to be pursued in the district for enterprise development and investments.
