12 Oct 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grain SA celebrated the cream of the crop at its annual gala awards evening, held at The Theatre on the Track in Midrand on Friday, 12 October 2018. Honouring the country’s top grain producers, this year’s awards ceremony commemorated the 19th year of the accolades and was attended
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Understanding the MAIZE MARKET October 2018 Market prices in all produce sectors are always changing due to several different factors. As producers it is our responsibility to keep abreast with our products prices and continually keep track of trends. There are numerous sources of information available that we can follow to do this, but we
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MAIZE – keep this in mind for August and September August 2018 In this article I would like to outline a few essential management practices to keep in mind when it comes to maize production. As a maize producer you should have a goal of achieving the highest possible yield with the best possible quality
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Use MAIZE RESIDUES with the correct supplements in winter June 2018 The current yellow maize price on Safex futures spot price of about R2 120/ton for June 2018 futures is slightly lower than the price ruling in June 2008 which was R2 203. It is quite startling to realise that this was ten years ago.
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KEY FACTORS that influence local maize prices May 2018 In last year’s May article, we looked at ‘What maize prices are telling us’ and discussed the effect that the bumper crop had on local maize prices. Throughout the 2017/2018 marketing season so far, local maize prices were trading at export parity and this was mainly
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New season prospects for maize March 2018 It is always good to look back and assess lessons learnt in previous years and use those lessons to anticipate what could be expected in the year ahead. The 2017/2018 marketing year was no doubt a good year in as far as production goes. Maize production reached a
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28 Feb 2018 Expropriation without compensation as a policy is an acknowledgement by Government that they have no confidence in their own ability to implement it in an orderly and corrupt-free environment to protect our food security in South Africa. The combination of land, capital, skills and labour are the basic components to produce food
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21 Feb 2018 Integrated management of the Fall Armyworm on maize The Integrated management of the Fall Armyworm on maize is another wonderful document developed by the FAO to assit farmers with the management of FAW. The present guide has been developed based on outputs from an intensive curriculum development writeshop organized from 21–25 July 2017 in
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13 Oct 2017 Grain SA celebrated the cream of the country’s grain producing crop during a prestigious gala awards evening, held at The Theatre on the Track in Midrand on Friday, 13 October 2017. This year’s awards ceremony commemorated the 18th year of the grain awards and was attended by Hon Ms Naledi Pandor, Minister
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05 Oct 2017 Grain SA celebrated the successes of its farmer development programme during a jubilant event held in Bloemfontein today. The function, which was attended by more than 300 guests included government representatives, agricultural stakeholders and approximately 190 emerging grain producers. Consisting of four categories, the Day of Celebration honours Subsistence, Smallholder, Potential Commercial
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