Legumes
Legume farming in Africa enhances soil fertility, food security, and economic opportunities. Keep up to date as the demand for nutrient-rich legumes grows, farmers benefit from high-yield strategies and market expansion.
Soybeans: Good feedback on moisture levels
Grain SA’s sunflower and soybean working group appreciates the positive feedback from cooperatives and soybean storers in response to its...
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‘Our job is to get out of the way, remove red tape and enable farmers’ – Steenhuisen on soya and SA agriculture
Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, unveiled an ambitious vision for South Africa’s soybean industry during his address at the Soy...
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MEC Ramokgopa, Pannar join forces to transform smallholder farming
In a significant move to revolutionise agriculture in Gauteng, MEC for Gauteng Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) Vuyiswa Ramokgopa conducted...
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Soybean is one of South Africa’s agricultural success stories
South Africa’s soybean production has grown significantly since the dawn of democracy –from 67 700 tonnes in the 1993/94 production...
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WATCH | We chat with Thandeka Ntshangase of NAMC at the Grain SA congress
At last week’s Grain SA’s annual congress in Bothaville in the Free State, Chris Burgess, editor-in-chief of African Farming and...
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Managing avos and nuts in waterlogged orchards
By Jasper Raats After the generous rainfall over the past week across Limpopo and Mpumalanga’s Lowveld and parts of KwaZulu-Natal,...
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Seed inoculation very profitable
Inoculation, the process of applying beneficial bacteria to seeds before planting, can improve crop yields and save costs on fertiliser.
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