LESSONS LEARNT FROM BRAZIL’S SOYBEAN INDUSTRY January 2019 This article reflects on lessons that South Africa can learn from Brazil’s successful agricultural growth model, also looking at how far South Africa is in terms of investing in the soybean industry and growing it further. By 2050, Africa’s population will grow from 1,86 billion to 2,4
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27 Dec 2018 The optimum planting window for the summer crops of maize and soybeans has passed, with hardly anything planted in the Western parts of the production areas. There is still some time left to grow sunflowers. “The probability of a repeat of the 2016 drought is increasing daily” Jannie de Villiers, CEO of
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NKGONO JANE SAYS… December 2018 If you are a farmer in the winter rainfall areas (Western Cape) then we hope that you have been able to harvest your crops without too much damage from wind or rain. If you are in the summer rainfall areas, then we hope you have been able to plant your
Winter crop under irrigation – choose a system that suits you December 2018 Centre pivot irrigation is the main method of irrigation for the production of crops and other agricultural products in many parts of South Africa. This great diversity of crops, including winter cereal crops, are found in areas within most of the major
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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
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CELEBRATING passion, purpose & progress November 2018 There is an old African proverb which says that seeing is different than being told. The farmers who were nominees in the various categories all took the advice their mentors shared on board, but when they saw the results of their labour, they knew that hard work is
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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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CONSIDER THESE FACTORS WHEN PLANTING SOYBEANS October 2018 Your summer crop programme planning might include more than one crop as well as the production of soybeans either within a dryland or irrigated crop rotation cycle. Some of the considerations for the ideal crop husbandry required would differ depending on whether dryland or irrigated production is
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SOYBEANS: What is on the horizon this coming season? October 2018 Global soybean production for 2018/2019 is projected at 354,5 million tons. Brazil’s production is expected to remain flat at 117 million tons while Argentina, has recovered from the drought and it is expected that their production will increase by 17 million to 56 million
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Meet our 2018 FARMER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES (Part 2) August 2018 It is that exciting time of the year again where the nominees for the 2018 Grain SA Farmer of the Year competition have been identified. It must always be kept in mind that the main goal of this competition is not about winning,
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