Nkgono Jane says… December 2015 The month of December is always a very special and happy time for most people as the schools and universities are on holiday and many people take their annual leave at this time. The wheat farmers in the Western Cape are also most likely to be having a well-earned rest.
LABIOUS MANOTO – Farming should be about ensuring food security December 2015 The winner of the 2008 Grain SA Developing Farmer of the Year award, Labious Manoto, feels strongly about the role of politics in agriculture. “It is through politics that agriculture is suffering. I wish politicians would realise that farmers are the ones providing
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Lazarus Mothusi – farming is about family and passion November 2015 Walter Schirra was one of the first Americans to enter space and said the following about fathers and sons: “You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in
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20 Oct 2015 Grain SA celebrated the successes of their grain producers during a prestigious gala event, held at The Theatre on the Track in Midrand on Friday, 16 October 2015. This year’s awards ceremony commemorated the 16th year of the gala awards, since replacing the previous Maize Man of the Year in 2000, and
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Stay sharp when planting sunny sunflowers October 2015 In the past year, when many of the regions of this country were severely affected by drought, the value of sunflower as a drought resistant crop became evident. Where maize plants in some areas like here in the North West province yielded between 200 kg – 1
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Moss Malo – passion (and cattle) is the key October 2015 To Moss Malo the award he received in 2005 as the Grain SA Developing Farmer of the Year remains one of the highlights of his farming career. Due to ill health and less favourable agricultural conditions in the past ten years, his focus has
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Grain SA interviews…William Matasane September 2015 After humble beginnings as a waiter, chef and later the manager of the restaurant at the Allemanskraal Dam, Holiday Resort in the Free State, William Matasane became a farmer in the Senekal district. He purchased the farm Verblyden with a grant from the DRDLR and a loan from the
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Ramodisa Monaisa believes farming is all about teamwork September 2015 Ramodisa Monaisa, a farmer from the North West Province, believes that a good farmer has to be a team player. This is why he is so involved in the organisational structures of agriculture. He has been a member of Grain SA for ten years and
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Why, when and how regularly do we need to take soil samples August 2015 We have no sooner completed the harvesting of the last seasons crops when we have to start the physical and financial planning for the basket of summer crops to be planted in the 2015 to 2016 summer production season. One of
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Canola – factors to consider from June – September July 2015 Canola is a very important crop and there are a lot of management factors to be taken into account to make a success of canola. There are some pests and diseases that are important and it must be controlled, because these diseases and pests
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