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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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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Let’s talk about crop rotation If you want different results you have to try different approaches October 2018 Crop rotation was a normal practice for farmers of the ancient world. During the Roman Empire farmers followed a system known as ‘food, feed and fallow’. They would divide their fields into three sections then plant a
AM I MAKING A PROFIT? September 2018 In our modern and continuous changing environment, especially in agriculture, it is very important for our modern-day farmer, big or small, to be financially literate. Therefore, in our next couple of articles we will focus on financial literacy. To kick of the discussion, we will commence with the
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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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Use MAIZE RESIDUES with the correct supplements in winter June 2018 The current yellow maize price on Safex futures spot price of about R2 120/ton for June 2018 futures is slightly lower than the price ruling in June 2008 which was R2 203. It is quite startling to realise that this was ten years ago.
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The logical choice to sustain success May 2018 PANNAR SEED as a multi-crop specialist, offers cultivars with good performance, adaptability and stability, and a crop cultivar package for every farmer’s unique need. PANNAR has been putting farmers first for 60 years. Our decisions are made with the farmers’ best interests in mind to ensure that
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PANNAR’s yellow hybrids will give you peace of mind April 2018 PANNAR has played a major role in maize hybrid development and advancement of agriculture in South Africa for 60 years. The PANNAR product range consists of maize, sunflower, soybeans, dry beans, wheat, grain sorghum and forage crops. As a multi-crop specialist, PANNAR offers cultivars
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LOOKING BACK OVER THE SHOULDER OF 2017 March 2018 The Grain SA Farmer Development Programme (Grain SA FDP) has become recognised nationally as a flagship for successful farmer development at a time when land reform and transformation has been a national imperative. In the same period there have been countless unimaginable economic and social pressures placed
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COVER CROPS – lower risk and enhance production March 2018 We live in an ever changing agricultural economic and climatic environment. Local climate change, which has been experienced in many locations, is largely determined by the sea temperature many thousands of kilometres away. This in turn is caused by the variable and sometimes very high
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