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South African producers urged to plan planting of sunflower seed and soybeans very carefully
Produsente gemnaan om sonneblomsaad en sojaboon aanplantings versigtig te beplan
Bothaville, South Africa
September 21, 2005

Producers that plan to expand or produce sunflowerseed and soybeans for the first time, should do their homework thoroughly, says Mr Bully Botma, Chairman of Grain South Africa.

The Sunflower and Soybean Specialist Working Group of Grain SA have in reaction on the National Crop Estimation Committee’s (CEC) first intentions to plant, urged producers to not move the current market problem of maize to sunflowerseed and soybeans.

According to the CEC, producers are of the intention to expand sunflower and soybean production with 24,9 percent and 60,5 percent respectively.

The intention to plant for sunflowerseed is more or less in line with Grain SA recommendation to expand plantings with ±21 percent.  Although Grain SA didn’t make a recommendation for soybean plantings for the coming season, it was advised that producers should produce on basis of a pre-season contract.  The intention to expand by 60 percent can be problematic and is Grain SA still advising producers to have a pre-plant contract.

Over and above the pre-plant contracts producers must, before they plant, make sure that price levels are of such nature that profitable production can take place.  Further, at planting time price levels should be hedged, because of the high risks in the uncertain grain market that we may experience in the coming season.


Produsente gemnaan om sonneblomsaad en sojaboon aanplantings versigtig te beplan

Produsente wat beplan om sonneblomsaad- en sojaboonproduksie in die komende seisoen uit te brei of vir die eerste keer gaan produseer, moet hulle huiswerk deeglik doen, sê mnr Bully Botma, Voorsitter van Graan Suid-Afrika.

Die Sonneblom- en Sojaboon Spesialiswerkgroep van Graan Suid-Afrika het in reaksie op die Nasionale Oesskattings Komitee (NOK) se eerste voorneme om te plant produsente gemaan om nie die markprobleme wat tans met mielies ondervind word, na sonneblomsaad en sojabone oor te skuif nie.

Volgens die NOK is produsente van voorneme om sonneblomsaadproduksie met 24,9 persent en sojaboonproduksie met 60,5 persent uit te brei. 

Die voorgenome aanplantings vir sonneblomsaad is min of meer in lyn met Graan Suid-Afrika se aanbeveling dat aanplantings met ±21 persent uitgebrei kan word.  Alhoewel Graan Suid-Afrika nie ‘n aanbeveling oor sojaboon aanplantings vir die komende seisoen gemaak het nie, was die aanbeveling dat produsente op basis van ‘n voorseisoenkontrak moet produseer.  Die voorgenome 60 persent uitbreiding kan problematies wees en bly Graan Suid-Afrika se advies steeds dat ‘n voorplantkontrak nodig is.

Bo en behalwe die voorplantkontrakte moet produsente, voordat hulle plant, baie seker maak dat prysvlakke van so ‘n aard is dat produksie winsgewend kan plaasvind.  Hierdie prysvlakke moet verder met planttyd verskans word omdat die prysrisiko’s van sonneblomsaad en sojabone beslis in die onsekere graanmarkte wat ons in die komende seisoen gaan ondervind, relatief groot kan wees.

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