Oilseed outlook for the new season January 2020 Ikageng Maluleke, Agricultural Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za For the 2020 production season for soybean and sunflower, this article will give a brief outlook of the planting intentions. SOYBEAN OUTLOOK According to the Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) report the intentions to plant for
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GROWING SOYBEANS A great source of food, protein and oil December 2019 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jenjonmat@gmail.com The demand for reliable sources of protein is on the increase around the globe. The soybean is a popular source of protein and oil and is being cultivated in more regions than
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Long way ahead for soybean import strategy July 2019 Ikageng Maluleke, Junior Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za This articles looks at the progress made in terms of South Africa’s soybean import substitution strategy by the DTI. A couple of years ago the DTI came up with a policy to replace soybean imports
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Marketing of soybeans – what affects your quality and price July 2019 Written by retired farmer The national crop estimates committee forecast on 26 March for the 2018/2019 soybean crop is a production of 1 276 035 tons (1,27 million tons) from a planted area of 730 500 ha’s. The average yield per hectare being
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CROP ESTIMATES – to measure is to know May 2019 Article submitted by a retired farmer As the production season for cash crops progresses, whether produced under dryland or irrigated conditions, the producer is very interested in a final yield prediction for the various crops being grown. In practice the accuracy improves as the crop
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Looking back and ahead at the maize price May 2019 Ikageng Maluleke, Junior Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za As the 2018/2019 season draws to a close, it has been a bumpy ride for farmers due to many factors, with drought playing a major role, which left most of the western areas planting
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THE CORNER POST May 2019 Louise Kunz, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to louise@infoworks.biz If there is one thing that northwest mentor, Jan Pretorius, strongly believes in when it comes to farming, it is time awareness. ‘with farming, you cannot wait until you think it is time, it is about doing the right thing
A WORD FROM… Jane McPherson April 2019 We should never forget that farming is business and if a business is to survive then it has to make profits. As farmers, we use land to produce plants and livestock. This past summer crop season has again been a very challenging one. Rains came late, and in
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SUNFLOWERS and its stages of development April 2019 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jenjonmat@gmail.com It has been another abnormal season in the summer cropping regions of the country. The late rains saw many farmers only planting their sunflower crops late in January and even into early February. While the sunflower plant
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