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PANNAR se ongeëwenaarde graansorghum-pakket

vorm die ruggraat van graansorghum-produksie in

Suid-Afrika. Plaaslik-ontwikkelde basters word ook

in Suid-Amerika, Meksiko, Australië en die res van

Afrika aangeplant.

Bio-etanol-produksie

gerugsteun

deur wêreldklas-

navorsing.

2015/GSS/A/17

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ULTRAMODERNE

NAVORSING

GEWASVOORSORG

PRESISIE-

BEPLANNING

GEWASBESKERMINGS-

BESTUURSPRAKTYKE

Production increases intensified between the 2011/2012 to 2014/

2015 production seasons, growing by 55%. This followed a 46%

increase in the area planted. The significant production increase in

these particular years was mainly driven by an additional demand

of 1,7 million tons of capacity in the crushing plants, leading to an

estimated 2,3 million tons of total domestic crushing capacity

(Table 1).

When compared to maize, sunflower and groundnuts, soybean is

the only crop that showed significant production increases in the

past twelve years (

Graph 2

). From these, groundnut is the only

crop that showed a significant decrease, due to a drop in yields and

domestic demand, particularly on the edible peanuts market.

Over these years, soybean yield levels did not show any signifi-

cant changes. National yields averaged at around 1,21 tons/ha. It

is worth noting that the crop increase in 2015/2016 would have

possibly been higher than the estimated 1 million tons production,

as the area planted increased with 37% year-on-year. However,

these gains were overshadowed by the current drought conditions.

67

YEAR

CAPACITY (TONS)

Crushing capacity in 2012

600 000

Estimated new crushing capacity in 2014

1 70 000

Estimated total capacity

+2 300 000

TABLE 1: SOUTH AFRICAN SOYBEAN CRUSHING CAPACITY.

SA Grain/

Sasol Chemicals (Fertiliser) photo competition

– Anita Muller 2012