Growing broilers can add value to your enterprise April 2021 Part 1 A farmer growing mainly cash crops including maize, soybeans, sunflowers, sorghum, groundnuts and wheat, might consider diversifying into other enterprises. One of these is the growing of broilers from day old chicks to start a new enterprise, provide chicken meat or to add
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Sunflower and soybeans: Planning ahead for the next season is important April 2021 Pietman Botha, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to pietmanbotha@gmail.com It is never too early to start planning the next season’s crop. It is important to calculate how much money is needed and when the money will be needed. The sunflower
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Management is important for a profitable feedlot April 2021 Dr Linde du Toit, senior lecturer: Department of Animal and Wildlife Science at the University of Pretoria and Pietman Botha, agricultural economist. Send an email to pietmanbotha@gmail.com The objective for feeding cattle is to make sustainable profit and money. Self-produced calves or bought in calves
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Oil prices continue to soar April 2021 Ikageng Maluleke, Agricultural Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za Global 2020/2021 oilseed production is forecast to be lower than expected, especially for soybean and groundnut production. Soybean production expectations have been reduced for the United States (US), Argentina and Uruguay, offset by a similar gain
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This farmer development programme is all about farmers and farming February 2021 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jennymathews@grainsa.co.za Grain SA’s Farmer Development Programme aims to contribute to the dream of a united and prosperous agricultural sector. At the same time we have to address food security and food sovereignty, income
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THE CORNER POST February 2021 Louise Kunz, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to louise@infoworks.biz Gardner Khulekani Khumalo (37) is a proud fourth generation farmer who farms at Madadeni in the Amajuba district on the outskirts of New Castle. With a yield of 8,01 t/ha, he became the first winner in the Small-scale maize
26 Jan 2021 Following on the success of the first Grow for Gold National Yield Competition hosted by Grain SA last year, the organisation is excited to announce the launch of the 2021 competition. Formal yield contests provide an estimate of yield potential under similar conditions, for a specific region, motivating producers to achieve outstanding
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Soybean prospects for the 2020/2021 season January 2021 Ikageng Maluleke, Agricultural Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za Global soybean prices have been on the rise due to uncertainties related to weather conditions, the US soybean market trended about 9% higher since the end of September to October 2020. Production uncertainties persist for
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Lentils – a possible alternative food crop of the future December 2020 Dr Alina Mofokeng, ARC-Grain Crops, Potchefstroom. Send an email to MofokengA@arc.agric.za Lentils (Lens Culinaris) are an annual pulse crop traditionally grown in West Asia, East and North Africa, the Indian Sub-continent and in the recent past in North America and Oceania. It
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Pigeon pea – a potential crop for food and health security December 2020 Dr Alina Mofokeng, ARC-Grain Crops, Potchefstroom. Send an email to MofokengA@arc.agric.za Food and nutrition security as well as climate change are serious challenges in the world today. However, many production countries are endowed with unique crops that can grow in harsh
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