2015

26 Feb 2015 The National Crop Estimates Committee announced their first summer crop estimate for the 2015/16 season. The maize crop is estimated at 9.665 million tons. White maize is estimated at 4.696 mt and Yellow maize at 4.969 mt. The average yield during the previous season was 5.3 tons per hectare and the total

12 Feb 2015 A group of Executives and Grain SA staff members took an aerial survey of the North West Free State and the North West Province early this morning. “The summer grains (maize, sunflower and soya beans) are in a critical stage and the next fourteen days will determine the fate of South African

06 Feb 2015 The Executive of Grain SA met in Pretoria yesterday. The Executive consists of 35 farmers from all the grain producing regions of the country. The farmers gave a report on the status of the current crop condition: • Crops in Mpumalanga and Eastern Free State are generally good, but urgently need follow