Tag: grain production
SA grain industry shares notes with French counterparts
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EMC2, a French agricultural co-operative from Lorraine in France, approached AFGRI with a request to visit their facilities in...
Compliance with JSE CDM rules and load shedding: A tough nut...
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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange or JSE-registered commercial storage operators in South Africa adhere to the JSE’s Commodity Derivative Market’s...
Sunflowers: Focus should shift to high-oil cultivars
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The Oil and Protein Seeds Development Trust and Oilseeds Advisory Committee recently hosted a sunflower symposium at the Council...
A proud moment for North West’s top grain farmer
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Maphidianye Manoto, a grain and cattle farmer from Lichtenburg in North West, is honoured and delighted with what he...
Overview of the 2021/22 season’s wheat crop quality survey
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The 2021/22 season’s commercial wheat crop, set at 2 285 000 tons, was the largest crop in 20 years....
Structures for the on-farm storage of grain
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When you decide to store grain on your farm and need a storage structure for this purpose, there is...
Bt maize: How to prevent resistance
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The word ‘stewardship’ is heard a lot in the agricultural industry. This is because producers are inherently custodians of...
An interdisciplinary approach to climate change
Given the changes in our climate, knowledge dissemination in the agricultural sector could lead to a change in agricultural practices with evident shifts in...
