Impact of grey leaf spot and northern corn leaf blight
Grey leaf spot (GLS) and northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) are two significant foliar diseases affecting maize in South Africa. Both diseases generally do not impact yield significantly if infections occur after physiological maturity...
Kommandowurm in SA bespeur
Grain SA is aware of the recent African armyworm outbreaks that started in Bronkhorstspruit in Gauteng, Carolina and Badplaas in Mpumalanga, and have since spread to the North West and Limpopo provinces. Because of...
African armyworm sightings in SA
Grain SA is aware of the recent African armyworm outbreaks that started in Bronkhorstspruit in Gauteng, and Carolina and Badplaas in Mpumalanga and that have spread to the North West and Limpopo provinces.
African armyworm...
North-West University and Agricultural Research Council co-host 2025 NGRP annual meeting
Food security, climate change, and sustainability. These are some of the issues that will take centre stage from 19 to 20 March when the North-West University (NWU) and Agricultural Research Council (ARC) will be...
LEDE SOPAS WEER LANDWYD ONTMOET
Graan SA se jaarlikse streeksvergaderings het vanjaar vanaf 24 Januarie tot 6 Maart geduur. Hierdie vergaderings speel ’n sleutelrol in die ondersteuning en bemagtiging van graanprodusente oor Suid-Afrika heen. Met landbou as ’n dinamiese...
GSA deel van stuurkomitee vir Goss-verwelksiekte
Goss-verwelksiekte, wat die afgelope seisoen kop uitgesteek het in Suid-Afrika, is ’n uitdaging vir mielieprodusente. Dit word veroorsaak deur die bakterie Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis, wat hoofsaaklik mielies en sekere grasse affekteer, insluitend sorghum,...
GOSS’S WILT OF MAIZE: What producers should know
The Department of Agriculture (DoA) has issued an alert on the detection of Goss’s wilt on maize (Zea mays) in South Africa (Njom et al., 2025). Goss’s wilt was detected and positively identified (molecularly)...
Graan SA-lede: HOE LAAT JY JÓÚ STEM HOOR?
In vandag se vinnige en dikwels onvoorspelbare landboulandskap het Graan SA-lede ’n belangrike rol om te speel in die vorming van die toekoms van die sektor en om te verseker dat hul bekommernisse aandag...
Quick identification can safeguard your crop
Maize farming in South Africa can be challenging, especially during the growing season when farmers may notice unusual signs such as wilting, yellowing leaves or stunted growth. These symptoms can be early signs of...
Striving to be the best at what they do – produce food
Despite the drought experienced in most parts of the summer rainfall area, the entries in the 2024 Grain SA Grow for Gold national yield competition saw excellent yields per millimetre of rain.
Speaking at the...
