South African Farmers Focus on Timing and Management for 2025-26 Summer Crop Season
Farmers Magazine | 17.12.2025 15:56
As South Africa enters the 2025-26 summer crop season, early reports from the Agricultural Conditions Assessment Committee indicate favourable rainfall and temperature patterns, offering potential for strong yields. Experts, however, caution that favourable weather alone does not guarantee success. Senior agriculturalist Kobus van Zyl stresses that farmers must focus on the factors they can control, with timing accounting for nearly 80% of those decisions.
