Choose a marketing channel for your crop March 2021 Ikageng Maluleke, Agricultural Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za Part 2 Producers should remember that a successful marketing strategy requires a commitment to a unique marketing plan, based on the farm’s individual needs. Crucial to success is active involvement in all aspects of
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Forward planning is a recipe for success March 2021 Pietman Botha, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to pietmanbotha@gmail.com At this time of the year most of the production actions for the summer crops are done. The crops are now growing and the harvesting will follow. The workload on the farm is less and
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The grain price at hand, is not always the final price March 2021 Pietman Botha, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to pietmanbotha@gmail.com Grain and oilseed prices are widely distributed to all grain and oilseed producers, who also receive other prices like a farm gate price and the ex-silo prices. It is important to
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An unproductive farm can be prevented March 2021 Marius Greyling, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to mariusg@mcgacc.co.za You are farming to make money by producing products to sell at a profit. If, by poor management, the physical soil becomes so damaged that it cannot support financially viable production anymore, or if the finances
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THE CORNER POST March 2021 Louise Kunz, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to louise@infoworks.biz Ramulondi Petrus Managa (64) was the runner-up in the small-scale maize farmer category of grain sa’s grow for gold national yield competition in 2020. These words by the american talk-show host, oprah winfrey, describe how petrus has undertaken his
Good communication is part of our programme March 2021 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jennymathews@grainsa.co.za Farmer Development depends on excellent communication and at Grain SA we use a number of different platforms to transfer knowledge that can change lives and livelihoods. In previous issues we looked at key communication strategies
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