Grading ensures your product is on par July 2023 NEELS WEGNER, HARMONISATION PRODUCT SPECIALIST, PPECB When trading of commodities takes place, it is vital that the products’ quality is graded to determine if it complies to the set standards and requirements. The quality of products (canola, sunflower seed, soybeans and groundnuts) are indicated in
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Corner Post July 2023 Thokozani Hlatswayo (41) farms with his 86-year-old father, Robert, on their 800-hectare farm, Broederstroom, in the Amersfoort district. Although he is not planting on a big scale yet, he has achieved an average yield of more than 6 t/ha of maize for the past couple of years. This season, ThokoZani planted
Keep a close eye on winter weeds June 2023 PIETMAN BOTHA, INDEPENDENT AGRI- CULTURAL CONSULTANT The control of winter weeds is not a luxury but a necessity. In spring, fields must be clean and winter weeds must not be a problem. These weeds are adapted to winter conditions and have the ability to survive
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How to operate in challenging times June 2023 ALZENA GOMES, PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, GRAIN SA The Grain SA congress took place at NAMPO Park on 8 and 9 March this year. The theme for 2023 was: ‘Adaptability in an environment of high risks and uncertainty’. The aim of this theme was to give producers
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Trends in the SA maize market June 2023 CHRISTIAAN VERCUIEL, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST, GRAIN SA In the local market, prices traditionally fall from April to May due to the transition to a new season, with increased stocks due to the beginning of the harvesting process. South Africa normally competes with the cheapest country of import
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Corner Post June 2023 Farming is not about owning land, but about having the right skills and knowledge. You also need to be passionate, patient and able to persevere despite adversities,’ says Samuel Moloi (52), who farms in the Fouriesburg area. Samuel got interested in farming as a young boy. His father was a farm
Tactics to disrupt Sclerotinia May 2023 There is no magic solution for managing Sclerotinia stem and head rot of soybean and sunflower. During a Sclerotinia research day on 13 October 2022, several role-players discussed some integrated pest management (IPM) approaches which producers could implement to manage epidemics. Integral to developing an IPM system is to
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SA soybean prices show an upward trend April 2023 CHRISTIAAN VERCUIEL, JUNIOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST, GRAIN SA In the previous season, we saw less than positive soybean production all around the world. South America had one of its severest droughts in a very long time, with the United States of America (USA) following close behind
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Soybean farming: To measure is to know April 2023 RICHARD MCPHERSON, AGRIBUSINESS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT South Africa’s soybean production for last season was estimated at 2,2 million tons. This can be valued at over R20 billion at a price of R9 200/t at farm level. Last season’s national average yield was 2,37 t/ha
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Corner Post April 2023 Moniwa Badge Skosana was born in 1953 in Carolina, Mpumalanga. His parents were blessed with six sons and two daughters. Due to a lack of funding he was not able to attend school and had to stay at home and work with his father, a livestock farmer. His father used oxen
