Input availability and prices October 2021 IKAGENG MALULEKE, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST AT GRAIN SA South Africa (SA) relies on imports to meet the local input needs, which places the local agricultural industry at risk regarding availability and prices from the source countries. SA’s input industries have always managed to avoid critical input shortages failing which
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Good record-keeping is essential October 2021 RICHARD MCPHERSON, AGRIBUSINESS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT The basis for starting and developing any successful business, including farming, is a well organised set of records and accounts. Relying on memory alone can lead to misleading assumptions in future planning. Most farmers remember the good years and not the
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Inoculation can enhance groundnut production October 2021 PIETMAN BOTHA, INDEPENDENT AGRI- CULTURAL CONSULTANT Groundnuts is a high value crop where the yield and quality of the yield must be protected at all costs. It is also a crop that can produce its own nitrogen if the seed is inoculated with the correct inoculant. Weed
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Manage your business risks September 2021 MARIUS GREYLING, INDEPENDENT AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT Any business faces risks. A risk being the possibility that an unforeseen, unplanned, unnatural, out of the ordinary, unexpected event may occur and may cause a loss of some nature. Although risks cannot be prevented, attention must be paid to actions to
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Covid-19 A safe working environment is essential September 2021 LOUISE KUNZ, PULA IMVULA CONTRIBUTOR Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent restrictions, everyone has had to adapt quickly to a changing world. Not only are our personal lives affected by the virus, but all aspects of business and education. During the COVID-19 pandemic,
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THE CORNER POST September 2021 LOUISE KUNZ, PULA IMVULA CONTRIBUTOR Thobani Ntonga (41) did not consider farming as a career choice – he chose a career in finances and worked as a financial advisor in Cape Town. When he visited his family home in the eastern cape, farming reeled him in. SOMETIMES FARMING CHOOSES
A programme that is changing lives September 2021 Knowledge means transformation Grain SA farmer development facilitates training and transformation in more ways than one – for example the way we encourage farmers to add value to their grain. One of the exciting methods we introduce farmers to is called nixtamalisation. These training courses are currently
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