Meet the 2025 Farmer of the Year finalists August 2025 LOUISE KUNZ, ASSISTANT EDITOR, PULA THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE GRAIN SA FARMER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION IS NOT ABOUT WINNING, BUT ABOUT CELEBRATING THE LEARNING, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND HARD WORK OF THE THOUSANDS OF FARMERS WHO ARE PART OF THE FARMER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
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Be aware of purple fleck on soybeans August 2025 DR GODFREY KGATLE, RESEARCH COORDINATOR, GRAIN SA DURING THE HARVESTING SEASON, SOYBEAN FARMERS WERE URGED TO STAY ALERT WHEN REPORTS OF PURPLE STAIN, A DISEASE CAUSED BY CERCOSPORA KIKUCHII, SURFACED. THIS ARTICLE AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE RISING INCIDENCE OF CERCOSPORA IN SOYBEANS, ITS
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The Corner Post July 2025 FOR MANDLA ENOS NKOSI (53), BECOMING A FARMER WAS A SLOW PROCESS. THIS 2024 SMALLHOLDER FARMER OF THE YEAR FINALIST STARTED DREAMING OF BECOMING A FARMER WHEN HE WAS STILL A YOUNG BOY. WHEN HIS DREAM EVENTUALLY BECAME A REALITY, HE STARTED GROWING HIS FARM GRADUALLY, ONE STEP AT A
Planning the 2025/2026 sunflower and soybean crop June 2025 PIETMAN BOTHA, INDEPENDENT AGRI- CULTURAL CONSULTANT 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 OR SOYA PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOLLOWED WILL DETERMINE WHICH
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Welcome on ‘Board’ June 2025 To ensure that Grain SA is always well represented at grassroots level, every region is represented on the Board of the Grain SA group of entities. Meet the two farmers who were elected at the 2025 Grain SA Congress to represent Region 28 and Region 31. Because Grain SA plays
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Corner Post June 2025 BEING NOMINATED AS ONE OF THE THREE FINALISTS IN THE 2024 POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL FARMER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION WAS A CAREER HIGHLIGHT FOR ALFRED GONDO (33). RECEIVING THE AWARD IN THIS CATEGORY WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR THIS YOUNG FARMER FROM KOORNFONTEIN IN THE MIDDELBURG REGION IN MPUMALANGA. After he
Growing the farmer development footprint June 2025 THE PHAHAMA GRAIN PHAKAMA (PGP) FARMER DEVELOPMENT TEAM BELIEVES THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF FARMERS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT LAND, MACHINES, MARKETS, MONEY, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL. At study group meetings, farmers have access to information and expert advice. These sessions bring the farmer
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CONTROL WINTER WEEDS to avoid trouble May 2025 PIETMAN BOTHA, INDEPENDENT AGRI- CULTURAL CONSULTANT MANAGING WINTER WEEDS IS ESSENTIAL, NOT OPTIONAL. BY SPRING, FIELDS MUST BE FREE OF THESE WEEDS, AS THEY CAN BECOME A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE. THESE WEEDS ARE ADAPTED TO WINTER CONDITIONS, ALLOWING THEM TO SURVIVE AND GROW EVEN DURING DRY PERIODS.
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Mitigate the impact of Goss’s wilt April 2025 DR GODFREY KGATLE, GRAIN SA RESEARCH COORDINATOR GOSS’S WILT IS AN EMERGING CHALLENGE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN MAIZE FARMERS, CAUSED BY THE BACTERIUM CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS SUBSP. NEBRASKENSIS. IT PRIMARILY AFFECTS MAIZE AND CERTAIN GRASSES, INCLUDING SORGHUM, FOXTAIL SPECIES AND RELATED CROPS. IT IS NOT KNOWN TO INFECT
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Septoria brown spot can be devastating April 2025 SEPTORIA BROWN SPOT (ALSO KNOWN AS SEPTORIA LEAF SPOT) OCCURS IN ALMOST ALL SOYBEAN PRODUCING AREAS AND IS CURRENTLY A POTENTIAL DISEASE THREAT TO SOYBEAN PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE DISEASE CAN CAUSE SYMPTOMS ON LEAVES THAT MAY DECREASE the SOYBEAN YIELD IN SEASONS CONDUCIVE TO THE
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