Growing broilers can add value to your enterprise April 2021 Part 1 A farmer growing mainly cash crops including maize, soybeans, sunflowers, sorghum, groundnuts and wheat, might consider diversifying into other enterprises. One of these is the growing of broilers from day old chicks to start a new enterprise, provide chicken meat or to add
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Pigeon pea – a potential crop for food and health security December 2020 Dr Alina Mofokeng, ARC-Grain Crops, Potchefstroom. Send an email to MofokengA@arc.agric.za Food and nutrition security as well as climate change are serious challenges in the world today. However, many production countries are endowed with unique crops that can grow in harsh
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NIXTAMALISATION – adding value through agro-processing July 2020 Petru Fourie, Stefan Links, Dr Marinda Visser and Dr Miekie Human, Grain Research Policy Centre. For more information contact stefan@grainsa.co.za On 20 February 2020, Grain SA, along with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the Technology Innovation Agency and the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform
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THE CORNER POST May 2020 Louise Kunz, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to louise@infoworks.biz ‘As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands – one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.’ these words by Audrey Hepburn, the British born actress who was seen as a film and fashion
Same or higher yield expected for groundnuts April 2020 Ikageng Maluleke, Agricultural Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za The area planted to groundnuts in South Africa has been fluctuating over the years, mainly due to dry weather conditions. This significantly affects production. A majority of the groundnuts are planted in the western
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Can rotation with cowpeas contribute to improved crops? February 2020 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jennymathews@grainsa.co.za Maize is a dominant and popular crop of choice in summer production regions of South Africa. Farmers are familiar with the growing habits of the plant and are confident they will be able to
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Can you afford not to practise CROP ROTATION? January 2020 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jenjonmat@gmail.com Growing the same crop year after year is called mono-cropping. Crop rotation is a planned, systematic approach where different crops are grown in a sequence which changes year to year and season to season.
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NKGONO JANE SAYS… December 2018 If you are a farmer in the winter rainfall areas (Western Cape) then we hope that you have been able to harvest your crops without too much damage from wind or rain. If you are in the summer rainfall areas, then we hope you have been able to plant your
Winter crop under irrigation – choose a system that suits you December 2018 Centre pivot irrigation is the main method of irrigation for the production of crops and other agricultural products in many parts of South Africa. This great diversity of crops, including winter cereal crops, are found in areas within most of the major
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