06 Mar 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAIN SA CONGRESS 2019 CRITICAL REFLECTION FOR A NEW FOOTPRINT Following great uncertainty of the past year, Grain SA had to critically reflect and take decisive steps to create a new footprint for farming and local food production. Through all its efforts, and keeping a sustainable grain sector
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A word from…Du Toit van der Westhuizen March 2019 We actually call this time of the year Mercedes time: The time when the grain is in seed and we are hoping for a beautiful harvest, depending on the different regions. This is the time when farmers usually start looking around to see what new car
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GOOD MANAGEMENT = planning & good timing February 2019 There once was a farmer. He was a good farmer. He achieved good yields despite challenging circumstances. One day a neighbour asked him to reveal his secret. The farmer responded simply by saying that ‘last year I planned for the possibility of a tough year this
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THE CORNER POST February 2019 When Willie Prinsloo was approached by two brothers from Bothaville with no farming background to find out whether he would assist them to become farmers, he decided to take up the challenge. Although he is not officially part of the Grain SA Mentorship Programme, Willie has been the Mabaso brothers’
Is weather-watching worthwhile? January 2019 Ask any farmer in the game for a long time and he will tell you that weather predictions are often unreliable! So, what then is the point of learning more about weather? Surely everyone knows that farmers gamble annually? All they can do is their best – and then pray
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Know the value of DRY BEANS January 2019 The dry seeds of the eleven types of edible bean types grown worldwide, from within the whole legume family of plants, produced commercially or for own and family use are known as pulses. The word ‘pulse’ specifically refers to the dry seeds produced which can be harvested
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THE CORNER POST January 2019 ‘Rather than reinventing the wheel, entrepreneurs need to find the wheel-maker and leverage the wheel-maker’s expertise and experience.’ This advice was shared in a blog by Mike Rowlands in the Huffington Post, an American internet newspaper. The 2018 winner of the Grain SA/Bayer Potential Commercial Farmer of the Year, Paulus
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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