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Risk management for your 2016 summer crop planning August 2016 The 2015/2016 crop production summer season was defined as one of the worst droughts in a few generations of farmers. Some family farms might even be forced to cease farming or join up into large commercial farming units. This last year farmers were faced with

Different ways and options for storing grain July 2016 The consideration of the optimum methods and best options for storage of harvested grain crops begins in the planning stage prior to the planting of any grain crop. Planning must be made for the storage of a variety of crops including cereals like maize, wheat, millet,

Practical crop rotation principles June 2016 The current summer crop production season, for the period September 2015 to August 2016, has been largely defined and characterised by one of the worst droughts in our agricultural history and very variable or late rainfall in most production areas. Speaking to farmers in the main summer production area

Start preparing for the future from a young age April 2016 There is an African proverb that says, ‘He who learns, teaches’. Koos Mthimkulu, the humble winner of the 2011 Grain SA/Absa Developing Grain Producer of the Year award, did not enjoy school nor did he complete his schooling, but this has not prevented him

Key aspects of stalk borer control January 2016 The African maize stalk borer larva or in the Latin binomial classification system is known as Busseola fusca and is indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa. The larva or caterpillar stage in the life causes major damage to maize and sorghum crops throughout the region and in particular South

Grain SA interviews… Thembinkosi Jeffrey Nxiba October 2015 Meet Thembinkosi Jeffrey Nxiba, a developing farmer who was born at Hlankom Village, about 25 km from Maclear towards Mt Fletcher. Thembinkosi attributes his progress and success to Grain SA and this hard worker would love to be a commercial farmer in the next five years. Where

Nkgono Jane says… September 2015 Grain SA has been in the fortunate position to manage a farmer development programme which has been a result of  cooperation between the Maize Trust, the Winter Cereal Trust, the Sorghum Trust, the Oil and Protein Seeds Development Trust, the ARC and the AgriSETA. Over many years, a team of

Partnership to promote commercial grain production – starting at 1 ha… September 2015 The agricultural sector in South Africa is faced with a vast number of different scenarios – on the one hand there are excellent large-scale, commercial farmers who compare with the best in the world, and on the other hand there are subsistence

Why, when and how regularly do we need to take soil samples August 2015 We have no sooner completed the harvesting of the last seasons crops when we have to start the physical and financial planning for the basket of summer crops to be planted in the 2015 to 2016 summer production season. One of