Farmer Development shifts into higher gear
Grain SA has been involved in developing emerging farmers since its inception. The Farmer Development Programme (FDP) forms one of the core business units of the organisation.
The aim of the programme is to equip...
Van die drukpers tot by die Breederivier
Kobus en Hannie Kemp boer sedert 1989 met skaap, bees en gesaaides op Napkysmond, hul familieplaas langs die Breederivier. Hoewel hulle tans afgetree is en die grond verhuur, is hulle steeds baie betrokke by...
Iets vir almal by vanjaar se Kersmark
Graan SA het vanjaar met OFM as mediavennoot hande gevat vir die OFM NAMPO PARK Kersmark wat vanaf 24 tot 27 November op NAMPO Park buite Bothaville beplan word.
Volgens Toit Wessels, assistentbestuurder: Bemarking en...
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...
First new biotech for soybeans in 20 years
The end of July 2021 saw the South African regulatory authority approve a new genetically modified (GM) soybean trait for the first time in almost 20 years.
Intacta® Roundup®Ready2 Pro (Intacta® RR2 Pro) is only...
Bewaringsboerdery: sleutel tot besparing en wins
Die slotsom van Landbouweekblad se Herlewingslandbou-webinaar 2021 wat op 27 en 28 Julie plaasgevind het, is dat herlewingslandbou oor meer as net ’n nalatenskap gaan omdat bewaring reeds terwyl dit toegepas word besparing meebring....
Die seën van ’n swak staat
Ja, daar’s baie in Suid-Afrika om oor te kla. Somtyds, soos onlangs met die plundery in KwaZulu-Natal en Gauteng, kan ’n mens skoon neerslagtig raak. Maar daar is straks ’n redelik breë silwer randjie...
Appèlhof besin oor oordrag van waterregte
Agri SA en die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging van Watergebruikersverenigings (SAAFWUA) het in Augustus die Hoogste Hof van Appèl in Bloemfontein genader vir die aanhoor van drie appèlle (Lötter, Wiid en SAAFWUA). Dit het te make...
Unrest in KZN – reflections and lessons learnt
The recent unprecedented unrest which swept from the two main cities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Durban and Pietermaritzburg, through to rural towns and communities across the province, has forever changed the agricultural environment in which...
Sclerotinia research: then and now
The first report of Sclerotinia in South Africa was on apricots in 1953. Thereafter, the disease was reported on soybeans in Lydenburg (1979) and sunflower (1980) in localised regions of Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North...
