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Planning your forage crop March 2020 Article submitted by Reggie Mchunu and Delia Thomson, Pannar Seed. Send an email to reggie.mchunu@pannar.co.za or delia.thomson@pannar.co.za Cultivated forage crops are usually planted to complement natural grazing and field crop residue. Most crops are grazed or used to make hay or silage. When grazed, it can be used in

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.

Nixtamalisation – adding value to your maize September 2019 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jenjonmat@gmail.com Grain SA farmer development encourages farmers to add value to their grain. One of the exciting methods we are introducing farmers to in our training programme is called nixtamalisation. Nixtamalisation is a special way of preparing

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COVER CROPS Mixes and applications in the Western Cape March 2019 Dr Johann Strauss, Senior Scientist, Lisa Smorenburg,Research Technician and Rens Smit, MSc Student, Directorate Plant Sciences, Research and Technology Development, Western Cape Department of Agriculture. Send an email to johannst@elsenburg.com The use of cover crops within cropping systems is very new in the Western

Know the value of DRY BEANS January 2019 The dry seeds of the eleven types of edible bean types grown worldwide, from within the whole legume family of plants, produced commercially or for own and family use are known as pulses. The word ‘pulse’ specifically refers to the dry seeds produced which can be harvested

THE CORNER POST January 2019 ‘Rather than reinventing the wheel, entrepreneurs need to find the wheel-maker and leverage the wheel-maker’s expertise and experience.’ This advice was shared in a blog by Mike Rowlands in the Huffington Post, an American internet newspaper. The 2018 winner of the Grain SA/Bayer Potential Commercial Farmer of the Year, Paulus

DIVERSIFICATION: How to find the ever-changing balance December 2018 Diversification could be defined as a changing strategy to introduce more products to an existing farming business so as to reduce the risk of economic failure of just one or a few enterprises. At a very small farmer level diversification, where food security is the primary

PANNAR’s yellow hybrids will give you peace of mind April 2018 PANNAR has played a major role in maize hybrid development and advancement of agriculture in South Africa for 60 years. The PANNAR product range consists of maize, sunflower, soybeans, dry beans, wheat, grain sorghum and forage crops.  As a multi-crop specialist, PANNAR offers cultivars