SUNFLOWERS – talk of the town at 50th NAMPO July 2016 The month of May saw the presentation of the 50th NAMPO Harvest Day breaking countless records despite the drought and the tough conditions which the farmers of South Africa have had to endure this past season. The record attendance figures and positive feedback from
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Crop rotation and the use of inoculants for soybean seed July 2016 Farmers are becoming more aware of the importance to implement crop rotation into their management practices. Crop rotation is the practice where farmers rotate the crop planted in a certain land from year to year; this is the opposite of monocropping where a
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Stay focused on your business July 2016 Many farmers are at present experiencing very difficult circumstances especially as far as finances are concerned due to the affects of the drought. And these circumstances are becoming even more concerning especially in those areas hard hit by the drought, mainly the summer grain production areas. And then
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Weed control during winter July 2016 Summer and winter weeds compete strongly with crops, therefore they have to be controlled to combat vigorous growth and the producing of seed in winter, as well as to prevent the surviving weeds from completing their life cycles and producing seed. Growing weeds rapidly deplete the moisture and nutrients
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RALPH SWART What you put in, you will get out July 2016 According to the dictionary ‘passion’ is defined as ‘a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something’. If you use the name Ralph Swart and agriculture in one sentence, the word passion has to be included, as this farmer from the Western Cape
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Grain SA interviews… Lebogang Khitleli June 2016 This month Lebogang Khitleli, from the Matatiele District in the Eastern Cape was interviewed by Ian Househam. This fast learner believes hard work and training is what is needed to achieve goals and be a success – one of Lebogang’s goals is to own a big farm in
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Passion makes dreams a reality June 2016 There is a Disney quote which says, ‘The only thing predictable about life is its unpredictability’. Farmers know this all too well as in agriculture nature often throws them a curveball with unexpected weather conditions like drought and high temperatures or floods when drier conditions are required. In
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Nkgono Jane says… June 2016 We have spent the last week at the NAMPO Harvest Day – the place where farmers go to see everything new and exciting for the farm. It was wonderful to be visited by so many farmers from our programme. Thank you for taking the trouble to come and see us
Practical crop rotation principles June 2016 The current summer crop production season, for the period September 2015 to August 2016, has been largely defined and characterised by one of the worst droughts in our agricultural history and very variable or late rainfall in most production areas. Speaking to farmers in the main summer production area
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Be a Climate Smart Farmer June 2016 One of the keynote speakers to address the Grain SA Congress delegates in March this year was meteorologist Professor Willem Landman. His message contained a warning that in the face of all the potentially negative impacts of climate change on infrastructure, water security and food production in Southern
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