Weather patterns influence maize prices June 2024 LERATO RAMAFOKO, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST INTERN, GRAIN SA As South Africa navigates through its current grain marketing season, prolonged droughts and recent unfavourable rain conditions have posed significant challenges for local farmers, which is impacting production. However, these late and inconsistent rain patterns have supported prices in the
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23 Feb 2024 The recent weather conditions that prevailed in the winter grain regions and current conditions in the summer grain regions have a significant economic impact on grain producers. The winter grain production season faced several challenges with excessive rain in certain areas resulting in losses in yields and placing financial pressure on producers
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Strategies to combat maize ear rots February 2024 DR BELINDA JANSE VAN RENSBURG AND DR BRADLEY FLETT, ARC-GRAIN CROPS This article aims to give farmers information regarding the most important maize ear rots and how to minimise them from occurring by using the correct management procedures. The focus will be on the three main
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An in-depth look at the past maize season December 2023 JOHAN TEESSEN, ECONOMIST INTERN, GRAIN SA In the biggest part of the maize production area, the planting season is over. Let’s look back on the 2022/2023 maize season. When looking back at this season, the previous four seasons will be compared to it and
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20 Oct 2023 Grain SA celebrated excellence in grain production at its annual gala awards evening, held at The Maslow Hotel on Friday, 20 October 2023. This Grain Producer of the Year award for excellent grain production is an event of great significance in South Africa, with a rich history spanning 22 years. This award
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Improve food security with maize and masa September 2023 JENNY MATHEWS, MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST AND EDUCATOR Nixtamalisation is a special way of preparing maize and other grains like sorghum, to enhance its nutritional value and make it more versatile for cooking and baking. This process produces nixtamal – a more nutritious, flavourful and
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Trends in the SA maize market June 2023 CHRISTIAAN VERCUIEL, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST, GRAIN SA In the local market, prices traditionally fall from April to May due to the transition to a new season, with increased stocks due to the beginning of the harvesting process. South Africa normally competes with the cheapest country of import
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Potatoes and maize make a great team March 2023 LOUISE KUNZ, ASSISTANT EDITOR South Africans consume more than 1,8 million tons of potatoes per year and the potato market in South Africa is increasing. According to Potatoes SA, South Africans have eaten twice as many potatoes over the past decade than in the previous
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Know your pests: African maize stalk borer October 2022 Lepidopteran pests such as stem borers cause major damage in maize fields, resulting in significant yield losses. It is imperative that farmers can identify these pests to manage them early with the right set of tools. Moth flights begin in October and occur throughout South Africa,
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Chairperson’s Message ANOTHER GIANT IN THE MAIZE INDUSTRY PASSES ON – Crawford von Abo – May he Rest In Peace Oom Crawford Von Abo was one of our founding fathers who showed us how to stand up for what is right. How not to accept the unacceptable just because it is politically expedient. It all
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