Another massive and heartfelt shout out to Senwes for their incredible maize meal donation of 32,69 tons as well as Falcon Equipment for keeping the stock safe over the weekend! Picture:CEO of Kwanalu, Sandy La Marque, Kathy Hurley, and Gilbert Martin from We Are South Africans

COVID and All-Cause Deaths By Single Year of Age

Just to be clear 200 plus SADF soldiers arrived in our small Northern KZN village with no where to sleep or any food provisions (2wks to late )but farmers were grateful as they were exhausted helping police warding off looters . Town Hall was set up beds etc and meals provided .

South Africa’s commercial agriculture myths pollute real policy solutions wandilesihlobo.com/2021/09/18/sou…

Updated #corn/#fertilizer ratio charts and they are as bad as you expect. #urea - normally 60 / today 135 #uan - normally 40 / today 100 #DAP - normally 80 - 90 / today 130 #Potash - normally 60 / today 130

Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it’s starting to affect farming theconversation.com/small-towns-ar…

Anyone remember the ‘91,’92, ‘93 crop years?

Gas or Food. What is more important? Currently, we can't ship, so wheat prices will soar. 📈 Think about that for a moment... #UkraineWar #Ukrania #UkraineRussia #UkraineInvasion #UkraineRussiaWar #WARINUKRAINE #PutinIsaWarCriminal #Putin #OekraineCrisis #Oekraïne

Russia is the world’s leading exporter of fertiliser materials, and there are risks that the war could push fertiliser prices even higher than the spike experienced in the past 18 months. Here are some thoughts on this issue theconversation.com/russias-war-wi…

𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻 '𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 Wat is jou opinie oor die impak van organisasies op die funksionering van 'n samelewing? Wees deel van die gesprek: teams.microsoft.com/registration/A… #webinar #landbou #belegging #boere #ekonomie

Land reform in South Africa: 5 myths about farming debunked theconversation.com/land-reform-in…

Farming community of Douglas saying STOP the destructive impact of #Loadshedding on agriculture

Remarkably, the eastern equatorial Niño1+2 SST anomaly is already approaching +3°C, a degree of warmth only seen in the strongest El Niño episodes of recent decades. On a monthly basis, Niño1+2 exceeded +2.5°C in 1982-83, 1997-98, and July 2015. (OISSTv2.1, ERSSTv5 data)

Twice a year the USDA estimates what the national average cost of production of major field crops will be. Here's the latest:

🌽Top Corn Exporters 2022/2023 vs. 2023/2024 🇦🇷Argentina - ⬆️ 76.1% 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇺🇸USA - ⬆️ 23.1% 🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇺🇦Ukraine - ⬇️ 30.4% 🟥🟥🟥⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇷🇺Russia - ⬇️ 27.6% 🟥🟥⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇧🇷Brazil - ⬇️ 3.5% 🟥⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️

🌱Top Soybean Exporters 2022/2023 vs. 2023/2024 🇺🇾Uruguay - ⬆️ 211.7% 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🇦🇷Argentina - ⬆️ 15.0% 🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇵🇾Paraguay - ⬆️ 3.4% 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇧🇷Brazil - ⬆️ 2.1% 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇺🇸USA - ⬇️ 10.0% 🟥⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️

The position of the north magnetic pole since 1590

Family-owned businesses by share of GDP: 🇮🇳 India: 79% share of country's GDP 🇪🇸 Spain: 70% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 70% 🇮🇹 Italy: 68% 🇬🇧 UK: 67% 🇵🇹 Portugal: 67% 🇨🇦 Canada: 60% 🇺🇸 United States: 54% 🇨🇳 China: 51% 🇩🇪 Germany: 49% 🇪🇨 Ecuador: 40% 🇦🇪 UAE: 40% 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 25% 🇮🇩 Indonesia:

Immigrants Population by Country: 1. 🇺🇲 United States: 50.6M 2. 🇩🇪 Germany: 15.8M 3. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 13.5M 4. 🇷🇺 Russia: 11.6M 5. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 9.4M 6. 🇦🇪 UAE: 8.7M 7. 🇫🇷 France: 8.5M 8. 🇨🇦 Canada: 8M 9. 🇦🇺 Australia: 7.7M 10. 🇪🇸 Spain: 6.8M . 11. 🇮🇹 Italy: 6.4M 12. 🇹🇷

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