COMMON PIGWEED is a growing threat October 2025 PROF JUAN VORSTER, SOUTH AFRICAN HERBICIDE RESISTANCE INITIATIVE (SAHRI), UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA.FIRST PUBLISHED IN SA GRAAN/GRAIN, SEPTEMBER 2025. COMMON PIGWEED (AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS) IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND COMMON WEEDS ACROSS SOUTHERN AFRICA. SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF HERBICIDE-RESISTANT POPULATIONS OF PALMER AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS PALMERI)
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Plan for a profitable 2025/2026 season September 2025 CATHRINE MATHEKGA, ECONOMIST INTERN AND MLIBO QOTOYI, ECONOMIST INTERN, GRAIN SA AS THE PLANTING SEASON DRAWS NEAR, IT’S A CRITICAL TIME FOR EVERY FARMER TO PAUSE AND PLAN. WHILE THE DESIRE TO SIMPLY GET THE CROP IN THE GROUND IS STRONG, A PROFITABLE SEASON STARTS WITH
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Consider underused crops FOR NICHE MARKETS May 2025 DR NEMERA SHARGIE, SENIOR RESEARCHER: PLANT BREEDING, ARC-GRAIN CROPS, POTCHEFSTROOM RELYING ON JUST A FEW TYPES OF CROPS MAKES IT HARDER TO TACKLE THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE THAT THREATEN FOOD SECURITY. ONE WAY TO HELP IS TO USE MORE UNDERUSED CROPS (SUCH AS SORGHUM)
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Mentoring project boosts small-scale farmers March 2025 COMPILED BY LOUISE KUNZ, ASSISTANT EDITOR, PULA ONE OF THE WAYS THAT PHAHAMA GRAIN PHAKAMA (PGP) ASSISTS SMALL-SCALE MAIZE FARMERS IN SOUTH AFRICA, IS THROUGH ITS BEYOND ABUNDANCE (BA) PROJECT. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES TRAINING, FIELD VISITS AND INPUT DISCOUNTS TO HELP FARMERS IMPROVE THEIR YIELDS. FARMERS ALSO LEARN
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Here’s what you need to know about Congress February 2025 DURING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, REGIONAL MEETINGS are HELD TO SHARE THE GRAIN SA GROUP OF ENTITIES’ FOCUS AREAS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. THESE TOPICS WILL ALSO BE ON THE TABLE AT THE 2025 CONGRESS ON 12 AND 13 MARCH, WHICH WILL ONCE AGAIN BE HELD
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Eastern Cape farmers learn about crop rotation January 2025 THE ZANYOKWE IRRIGATION SCHEME (ZIS) FALLS UNDER KEISKAMMAHOEK IN THE EASTERN CAPE. DESPITE HEAVY RAINFALL, MORE THAN 100 PARTICIPANTS GATHERED HERE FOR A FARMERS’ DAY IN SEPTEMBER 2024. THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT WAS TO PROMOTE THE GROWING OF CERTAIN WINTER AND SUMMER CROPS IN THE
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Consider SORGHUM as an alternative crop December 2024 Dr Nemera Shargie, ARC-Grain Crops, Potchefstroom Part 1 SORGHUM IS AMONG THE MAJOR TRADITIONAL FOOD CROPS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. IN SOUTH AFRICA, DRYLAND GRAIN PRODUCTION IS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE KEY PRIORITIES TOWARDS FOOD SECURITY. SORGHUM REQUIRES LOW NUTRIENT INPUTS AND FAR LESS WATER THAN
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The Corner Post November 2024 THE 38-YEAR-OLD DIEKETSENG MAHLELEHLELE WAS CHOSEN AS A 2024 FINALIST IN THE GRAIN SA POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL FARMER OF THE YEAR CATEGORY. THIS VIBRANT YOUNG FARMER ATTENDED HER FIRST GRAIN SA STUDY GROUP MEETING WITH HER FATHER IN 2015. THIS HAD SET THE WHEELS IN MOTION TO REALISING HER DREAM. In
Advancing agriculture through research October 2024 GRAIN SA IS AN ORGANISATION ESTABLISHED BY FARMERS FOR FARMERS, SERVING AS A VOICE AND SUPPORT FOR THE GRAIN AND OILSEED INDUSTRY. ITS GOAL IS TO HELP FARMERS ACHIEVE PROFITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH ITS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING ECONOMICS, PHAHAMA GRAIN PHAKHAMA (FARMER DEVELOPMENT), COMMUNICATION AND RESEARCH. The common thread
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Do your homework before buying seeds August 2024 JOHAN TEESSEN, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST INTERN, GRAIN SA Among all the expenses incurred by a farmer, the cost of seeds often goes unnoticed on the production budget. Depending on the plant population, the cost of seeds can range from 10% to 17% of the total input cost
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