south africa

December 18, 2018
Pakhouse-Soybean-Industry

Improving the soybean value chain

The Protein Research Foundation (PRF) recently facilitated a soybean planning session led by Professor Ferdi Meyer and Dr Erhard Briedenhan, which highlighted the soybean industry and its significant progress over the last five years, with local […]
November 4, 2018
Pakhouse-El Niño

Predicting the El Niño effect

Admittedly, it is too early to tell how most Southern African countries will cope with the expected weak El Niño in the summer season. Typically, an El Niño weather phenomenon would lead to drier weather conditions […]
August 31, 2018
winter-crop-harvest-forecast-south-africa

Winter Crop Harvest Forecast

The Crop Estimate’s Committee (CEC) has left its forecast for maize unchanged but expects South Africa’s wheat production to increase by nearly 18% from last season’s harvest. The CEC released its first official production estimate for […]
August 15, 2018
Conserving water on farms in South Africa

Farmers Advised to Conserve Water

DURBAN – Farmers have been advised to conserve water with above average temperatures are expected, particularly over the northern parts of South Africa. The advice by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) comes after […]