20 May 2019 NAMPO 2019 was characterised by good weather and 81 345 visitors, who attended the trade show and popular gathering place for people involved in agriculture. As quite a number of grain producers in the interior were holding their breath about early frost that could affect crop yields, the relatively warm weather up to
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06 May 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‘Platform for your agri future’ is a spot-on summary of what awaits visitors to the NAMPO Harvest Day – which is popular with producers and a large portion of the public with an emotional link to agriculture. And popular it definitely is! After a record attendance of almost 83 000
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A WORD FROM…Sinelizwi Fakade May 2019 As the saying goes, its better late than never! that’s the exact case for Eastern Cape grain farmers, and perhaps farmers throughout the country. From a season rattled by poor rains, late planting dates, volatile fuel prices and policy uncertainty, the general outlook of the season has drastically changed
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Market your maize harvest May 2019 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jenjonmat@gmail.com Smallholders should market or consume their maize harvest strategically to leverage greatest advantage. Over the past few seasons grain SA team members have been encouraged by the progress of the subsistence and smallholder farmers participating in the programme. In
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CROP ESTIMATES – to measure is to know May 2019 Article submitted by a retired farmer As the production season for cash crops progresses, whether produced under dryland or irrigated conditions, the producer is very interested in a final yield prediction for the various crops being grown. In practice the accuracy improves as the crop
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ARE YOU MAKING PROGRESS? – Keep track to know May 2019 Gavin Mathews, Bachelors in environmental management. Send an email to gavmat@gmail.com The Afrikaans saying goes: ‘om te meet, is om te weet’. To measure is to know! This is so very true especially in the farming world. In everything there is a norm, an
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Looking back and ahead at the maize price May 2019 Ikageng Maluleke, Junior Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za As the 2018/2019 season draws to a close, it has been a bumpy ride for farmers due to many factors, with drought playing a major role, which left most of the western areas planting
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Making agriculture more sustainable May 2019 Magda du Toit, Corporate Engagement and Communications Manager SA, Bayer. Send an email to magda.dutoit@bayer.com Every season, for every field, farmers have to make more than 40 key decisions – all of which can make or break a harvest. Many of these decisions relate to crop protection, because at
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