Groundnut Forum sagis - 27 July 2016
Boereplan om staaldraad maklik af te rol Landbou.com - Deur Jan Bezuidenhout
Mnr. Willem Pretorius van Doornbult, Geysdorp, in Noordwes, se goedkoop plan om staaldraad af te rol.
“Ek grawe net ‘n gat in die grond, gooi die rol draad in en gooi dit weer toe. Jy trek dan net die punt en hy rol lekker af sonder om kinkels te maak.”
Konsert in Upington KONSERT IN UPINGTON ten bate van AGRI SA DROOGTEHULPFONDS
Upingtonners en die omgewing gaan op 2 September 2016 die kans kry om na die uiters bekwame Kaapstadse Filharmoniese Jeug orkes te luister. Hulle is 60 lede (tussen die ouderdom van 13 en 15 jaar).
Dié Jeug orkes het mnr Johannes Möller, President van Agri SA gekontak en hom meegedeel dat hulle wil bydra tot die Droogtehulpfonds. Die Kaapstadse Filharmoniese Jeug orkes tree op 1 September by die Gariepfees in Kimberley op en gaan die volgende dag, 2 September na Upington reis om hier ‘n konsert te kom hou. Die konsert is vir groot en klein en so kry Upingtonners wat nog nooit ‘n Filharmoniese Jeugkonsert bygewoon het nie, nou die kans om dit te beleef.
Die inkomste van die konsert word aan Agri SA se Droogtehulpfonds geskenk.
Die konsert word op 2 September om 18:30 by Hoërskool Upington se saal gehou. Wat hierdie geleenheid so besonders maak, is dat baie mense nou ingespring het om te help om van die aand ‘n reuse sukses te maak en so gaan baie mense op die manier bydra tot die droogtehulpfonds.
Die gemeenskap se bydrae om hierdie funksies suksesvol te maak, is fantasties. Baie mense het hul hulp gratis aangebied – van die saal, tafels, dekor, versnaperinge en nog vele ander.
Indien iemand nog ‘n bydrae wil lewer of kaartjies wil koop, kan hulle myself kontak by 073 156 3404 of vir Delene Möller by 084 443 0082.
Die kaartjies is reeds beskikbaar teen R100 per persoon. Die funksie sal in die vorm van ‘n kaas en wyn-aand aangebied word.
Melanie Theron
Kantooradministrateur: Oranjerivier Landbou-Unie
Tel: 054-3376275
Sel: 073 156 3404
E-Pos: orlu@isat.co.za
Winter might soon be drawing to a close but it is going out with a bang. Farming Portal
According to the South African Weather Service, cold weather – including snow, strong winds, large swells and heavy rain – will hit large parts of the country over the next two days.
Yesterday snowfalls and cold temperatures were reported in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State.
Senior forecaster Jacqueline Modika said this would only clear from Wednesday.
“There have been very cold conditions over the high-lying parts of the Eastern Cape today [Sunday], the southeastern parts of the Northern Cape, the Free State and KZN. This is going to persist [and] the likelihood of further snowfalls is expected. Heavy rain is also expected over the central and eastern parts of the Eastern Cape as well as the central Free State from tomorrow [Monday].
“This heavy rain could lead to localised flooding,” she said.
Heavy rain was also possible from this afternoon in Gauteng, western parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga – and the chances of showers would increase tomorrow. Temperatures would climb to the upper teens from Thursday or Friday, said Modika.
“There will be high sea conditions and gale-force winds along the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coastlines from Tuesday. This is expected to last until Wednesday,” she said.
Yesterday, traffic authorities and emergency services pleaded with tourists not to head towards snow-hit areas. “It is imperative not to go snow watching. Please heed our warnings,” said Con Roux, N3 Toll Concession’s commercial manager.
Snow and sleet fell in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of the Free State on Saturday night and into yesterday morning. More heavy snow was forecast overnight. But while this has attracted hundreds of tourists coming to play in the snow, Roux said the conditions “have led to the formation of black ice on the road, creating slippery and dangerous driving conditions”.
“You may be compounding the problem and diverting emergency resources from critical activities . Ignoring advice may put yourself and others at risk,” Roux said. TIMES LIVE
Normal rainfall returns following El Niño spell Farming Portal
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The ARC SA weather newsletter, Umlindi The Watchman, reports that, while below-normal rainfall was seen over large parts of the South African summer rainfall region, deficits were smaller than during most other summers associated with a strong El Niño phenomenon. What is known as the austral summer year (from July in the previous year to June in the current) 2015/16 has concluded.
Drought-stricken areas
The newsletter highlights that extremely dry conditions with several heatwaves during early to mid-summer were somewhat offset by wetter conditions since January. “Dry conditions during the previous summer, together with very high maximum temperatures were some of the exacerbating effects on the drought impact,” it states. Areas where the largest drought impacts were observed include the Lowveld of Mpumalanga, northern KwaZulu-Natal, and the southern and north-western Free State.
In contrast, areas where both rainfall and cumulative vegetation activity were above normal include large parts of Gauteng, central to western Mpumalanga, central to northern Limpopo, north-western Northern Cape and the Garden Route.
Normal to above-normal rainfall returns
Most importantly, normal to above-normal rainfall returned to the winter rainfall region in June 2016, after a lull during May. “Rainfall events associated with frontal activity over the south-western areas occurred regularly from the 9th of June,” the newsletter states. In much the same vein as the situation during the April-May period, yet another upper air cut-off low developed over the country in association with the frontal system by the 9th.
The low resulted in widespread cloudy and rainy conditions over the northern to south-eastern interior. A substantial fall of snow occurred over especially the north-western parts of Lesotho and adjacent South Africa in association with this system. – UMLINDI
South Africa Wheat Area Planted Seen at Third-Smallest on Record Farming Portal
South African farmers have probably planted the third-smallest area of wheat on record while the prediction for this year’s corn harvest is 1.4 percent bigger, the nation’s Crop Estimates Committee said.
Growers have probably sown 486,350 hectares (1.2 million acres) of wheat in 2016, Marda Scheepers, a senior statistician for the Pretoria-based committee, said by phone Wednesday. That’s 0.9 percent more than last season and exceeds what they intended to plant, she said.
While South Africa is the sub-Saharan region’s biggest producer of wheat after Ethiopia, it’s still a net importer of the grain, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
The country, which is the continent’s biggest corn producer, raised its estimate for production of the grain to 7.26 million metric tons, Scheepers said. That is more than the 7.2 million-ton median estimate by 11 analysts in a Bloomberg survey and exceeds the 7.16 million-ton forecast by the committee last month. This harvest would be 27 percent lower than in 2015.
The committee raised the forecast for yellow-corn production by 2.5 percent to 4.16 million tons and kept its estimate for output of the white type unchanged at 3.09 million tons.
The country may need to import 3.8 million tons of corn this year, 1.1 million tons of which will be of the white type that’s used to make a staple food, according to Grain SA, the largest lobby for grain and oilseed farmers. This was after the driest conditions since records started in 1904 damaged crops and livestock, driving up food prices.
The forecast for soybean output was increased 3 percent to 750,250 tons, while the prediction for dry beans was reduced 6.2 percent to 35,745 tons. Groundnut production may be 7.3 percent smaller at 29,285 tons. The estimates for the sunflower seed and sorghum harvests were unchanged.
Farmers may plant 88,400 hectares of malting barley, 5.7 percent less than last year and 70,500 hectares of canola, 9.7 percent less than a year ago.
