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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.
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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