Hanteer die finansiële effek van El Niño en skuld só
Vir baie produsente het 2023/2024 se El Niño ’n werklikheid geword met verwagte oeste wat ver onder die gemiddeld kan wees. Die gevolg is eenvoudig dat die skulde by finansiële instellings nie betaal sal...
How affordable and nutritious are staples in SA?
The FAO defines staple foods as foods that are ‘eaten regularly and in such quantities as to constitute the dominant part of the diet and supply a major proportion of energy and nutrient needs’....
Best practice to curb herbicide-resistant weeds
Heading into the winter growing season, it is once again time to revisit the current measures available to winter grain producers for herbicide-resistant weed management. According to the current status of the international herbicide-resistant...
Programme paves way for large-scale on-farm trials
The Data Intensive Farm Management (DIFM) project is a multi-disciplinary research project that is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) food security programme grant. It...
Suurgrond – behoorlike vermenging van kalk is ’n móét
Fertasa se grondsuurheidswerkgroep* in samewerking met Graan SA, kyk in hierdie reeks artikels na die oorsake, slaggate, invloed van en oplossing vir grondsuurheid. In hierdie twaalfde en laaste artikel in die reeks, skryf dr...
Winsgewendheid-barometers
Weens insetkoste wat voortdurend aan die styg is, monitor Graan SA die winsgewendheid situasie van graan en oliesade tans op ’n maandelikse basis. Soos nuwe inligting elke maand na vore kom, hetsy dit insetkostes...
Maize discolouration and water damage – what is the impact on quality?
Maize industry members, represented on the trade group of the Maize Forum steering committee, have since 2019 discussed possible recommendations to improve the maize grading regulations. The discussions included questions about the proper definitions...
Maak só plan met droogtemielies
Net soos gedurende die 2015/2016-droogte beleef baie produsente tans ernstige hittegolwe en gepaardgaande vogtekorte. Hierdie toestande het tot gevolg dat blokke graanlande reeds skade gely het en produsente is op soek na ’n alternatiewe...
How to control relevant insect pests on barley
Most brewing barley is produced under dryland conditions in the Western Cape, while the rest is grown under irrigation near Koedoeskop in Limpopo and the Vaalharts, Modderrivier, Lückhoff and Douglas areas.
Barley, as one of...
Grain sorghum diseases – its current status in South Africa
Sorghum, like any other crop, is susceptible to numerous pathogens that detrimentally impact yield and quality, affecting everything from the root to the panicle, i.e., root rot, lodging, and grain mould. Foliar diseases compromise...
