Agriculture can change SA
To state that Johan Kriel, former development coordinator of the Grain SA Farmer Development Programme, has a heart for agriculture, is an understatement. Agriculture is his life. After having to sell their family farm...
Afrika-mieliestamboorders – waar oorwinter hulle?
In Afrika word mielies aangeval deur ’n groepering stamboorders, wat die Afrika-mieliestamboorder (Busseola fusca), die Chilo-boorder (Chilo partellus), die pienk stamboorder (Sesamia calamistis) en die suikerrietstamboorder (Elanda saccharina) insluit. Die Afrika-mieliestamboorder is inheems aan...
Grondbone: Dit gaan oor graad en verbruik
18/01/2021
Alhoewel die grondboonmark relatief klein in verhouding met ander grane en oliesade is, is dit ’n besonder komplekse mark. Die verskillende grade en kwaliteit asook die spesifieke aanwending daarvan maak die mark ingewikkeld.
Die verskillende...
Winning yields for these producers
Grain SA hosted the first Grow for Gold National Yield Competition in Muldersdrift on Thursday 15 October 2020, celebrating 46 producers – from commercial to small-scale farmers – across 16 categories for outstanding yields...
Taking the agricultural value chain into the future
At the 2017 Grain SA Congress, Prof Ferdi Meyer of the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) told delegates that a continuous analysis of the agricultural sector is necessary for producers to identify...
Dié onsigbare bedreiging vreet aan graanoeste
Tydens Fertasa (Fertilizer Association of Southern Africa) se onlangse grondsuurheidwerkswinkel asook by die gekombineerde kongres van die Grondkunde- en Gewasproduksieverenigings van Suid-Afrika is daar in diepte gekyk na inligting wat Kobus van Zyl, senior...
Producers grow for gold
Grain SA hosted the second annual Grow for Gold National Yield Competition in Muldersdrift on Thursday 30 September, celebrating 42 producers across 15 categories for outstanding yields achieved with maize, soybean and sunflower crops...
Benchmarking – a powerful tool
The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) is not new to benchmarking and the effective use thereof to measure farm-level competitiveness. BFAP is part of the international agri benchmark network, where various crop-producing...
On-farm participation crucial for CA research
Conservation agriculture (CA) refers to an agricultural management system based on the simultaneous application of three principles: minimum mechanical soil disturbance, an organic soil cover throughout the year and the use of crop and...
Quality hybrids yield high oil content
Oilseed crops are the second-largest source of food after cereals, with a large expansion worldwide due to high demand for vegetable edible oil. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is one of the four most important...
