2018

Winter crop under irrigation – choose a system that suits you December 2018 Centre pivot irrigation is the main method of irrigation for the production of crops and other agricultural products in many parts of South Africa. This great diversity of crops, including winter cereal crops, are found in areas within most of the major

DIVERSIFICATION: How to find the ever-changing balance December 2018 Diversification could be defined as a changing strategy to introduce more products to an existing farming business so as to reduce the risk of economic failure of just one or a few enterprises. At a very small farmer level diversification, where food security is the primary

ON THE HORIZON FOR WINTER CEREALS… December 2018 This article gives a brief overview of what the 2018/2019 marketing year looks like for wheat and barley, in terms of production, supply and demand. Local wheat production Over the years, the area planted under wheat has been on the decline due to decreasing profitability. Despite all

Become a PROFESSIONAL FARM MANAGER December 2018 In the November Pula Imvula we discussed the influence of leadership as an important management function of a manager on a business. In this article the focus will be on certain other broad skills a manager needs to apply for his/her business to be a success. We will

INNOVATION – a top priority December 2018 Loyal Monsanto Legacy farmers with concerns about how focussed the future Bayer will be on agriculture, can rest assured that agriculture (Crop Science and Animal Health) are now the largest of the three divisions in Bayer.  Jesús Madrazo, Bayer’s Head of Agricultural Affairs and Sustainability explains, ‘Bayer’s acquisition

THE CORNER POST December 2018 Being raised by unemployed parents led Zoliswa Mdikane (25) to her decision to study agriculture. Zoliswa hails from a deeply rural area, Tshisane, near the town Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, which is approximately 40 km from Mthatha. ‘In the Eastern Cape our gold is in the soil – planting