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Calibrate your boom sprayer March 2022 To ensure maximum accuracy from a sprayer you have to calibrate it before the spraying season begins, and re­calibrate it frequently throughout the spraying season. The process of sprayer calibration is designed to ensure that you are spraying the correct amount of liquid (water and poison) onto the desired

An opportunity to ‘Grow for gold’ March 2022 Yield plays an important role in a grain producer’s profitability. Grain SA’s national yield competition for grains, called grow for gold, offers a platform for South Africa’s top producers to compete in various categories and to share their success stories. Categories include dry and irrigated land. Producers

Meet the partners of the Farmer Development Programme March 2022 Coinciding with Grain SA’s dream of a united and prosperous agricultural sector is the dream of South African breweries (sab) that 100% of their direct agricultural suppliers should be skilled, empowered and connected by 2025. That is one of the main reasons why these two

Ethanol is a demand driver March 2022 CHRISTIAAN VERCUEIL, INTERN ECONOMIST AT GRAIN SA    The use of ethanol originated in 1826 where it was used as fuel for engines. In the 1850s it was used as a medium to light fires. During the American civil war these uses were stopped as all forms of

Highest rainfall in 100 years wreaks havoc March 2022 Although producers are always grateful for rain, the season so far has created many challenges where producers could not access fields on time due to high rainfall figures, and where producers managed to plant, water damage has occured. The current South African summer grain production season

A word from … Liana Stroebel February 2022 Farming must be one of the hardest but greatest jobs on earth. It takes a very special type of person to be a good farmer. Liking the outdoors or fixing things is certainly not enough anymore! A true farmer needs to be a ‘jack of all