Farmers contribute far more than the food they produce June 2020 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jennymathews@grainsa.co.za Good farmers produce an abundance of healthy food and many other valuable goods too. Farmers take care of the soil, they conserve water resources and wildlife and they’re the caretakers of mother nature.
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Maintain a balanced management approach June 2020 Marius Greyling, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to mariusg@mcgacc.co.za In this series of articles, we concentrate on farm management. To refresh your memories – the different areas of farm management are production, purchasing, marketing, financial management, administration (office), human resources, public relations, asset and stock management
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Reassessing your fertilisation programme after a bumper crop June 2020 Written by a retired farmer The 2019 to 2020 cash-cropping season is distinctive in many production areas, for drought conditions that delayed planting of crops in the ideal planting window. Other areas had more normal early season rains and so farmers could plant all their
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Good maize harvest expected June 2020 Ikageng Maluleke, Agricultural Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za The 2019 season was quite stressful for the farming community, with drought plaguing most provinces and keeping production at bay. The new season has started on a brighter note with crops in the western parts of the
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Fencing – get your head around its potential benefit June 2020 Gavin Mathews, Bachelors in Environmental Management. Send an email to gavmat@gmail.com Fencing has been used for centuries for various purposes and in various forms. In the early years before wire was available people would erect rock walls, hedges, and wooden fences and even
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Maize nutrition basics June 2020 Leonard Oberholzer, Market Development Lead – South Africa, Bayer. Send an email to leonard.oberholzer@bayer.com It is imperative to understand the principles of soil fertility to efficiently manage maize nutrients, and maize production, and environmental stewardship. There are 17 chemical elements that are known to be essential for plant growth,
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THE CORNER POST June 2020 Louise Kunz, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to louise@infoworks.biz Mentorship is in essence the process of guidance and training by passing one’s knowledge and expertise on to a mentee. It has become one of the cornerstones of the Grain SA Farmer Development Programme. To Jurie Mentz, provincial co-ordinator
