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South Africa Crop Tour Route (February 27- March 6, 2006)
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Grain Storage “Socks”at Wonderfontein, South Africa
Plastic storage “socks” located on clay soils can cause grain losses from ponding.
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Equipment Used to Fill Plastic Storage “Socks”
Plastic grain storage socks are filled by these machines.
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Equipment Used to Fill Plastic Storage “Socks”
These machines also help to fill the plastic storage “socks”.
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Temporary Plastic Storage Socks Located Next to a Traditional Grain Silo
Traditional grain silos are superior to plastic storage “socks” where grain stored in plastic socks are susceptible to damage from rodents, water ponding on clay soils, and mildew buildup inside the sock.
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Irrigation Distribution Canal near Hartswater, South Africa
Distribution canal supplies water to fields.
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Small Storage Pond, Pump House, Fertigation Tank, and Irrigation Lateral
Small irrigation storage ponds are utilized to keep the pipe intake submerged.
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Small Storage Pond, Pump House, Fertigation Tank, Irrigation Lateral, and Distribution Canal
Linear-move and center pivot laterals are the most common irrigation methods at Hartswater.
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Train Carrying Grain to be Delivered to Zimbabwe
Each rail car carries approximately 45-80 tons of grain and this grain train had 50 cars.
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Corn Located between Kraal and Bethal, South Africa
Corn is planted at approximately 45,000 plants/hectare in the high rainfall province of Mpumalanga.
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Wide-spaced Corn Planted in western Free State, near Bothaville
Wide row spacings and lower plant densities are common in the drier western region of the corn belt.
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Representative Corn Condition in a Field Located near Bothaville, South Africa
Crop conditions at this field were representative of crop conditions for the area.
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“Double-Tram” Corn Rows Planted in Northwestern Province, near Lichtenburg, South Africa
Double-tram plantings are common in Northwestern province.
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Corn in Excellent Condition near Skoonspruit, South Africa
Corn was good condition near Skoonspruit.
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Late Planted Corn Was in Good Condition near Ventersdorp
Corn planted late did have tassels by beginning of March.
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Excessive Rainfall Caused Nitrogen Leaching near Viljoenskroon
Excessive rainfall caused fertilizers to be leached, as indicated by the yellow leaves.
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Soybeans Were in Good Conditionnear Bethal, South Africa
Soybeans were in good condition near Bethal, South Africa.
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Sunflower Located between Kroonstad and VIljoenskroon
Sunflower was in good condition at Kroonstad.
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Fallow Field with Weeds near Bothaville
Many fallow fields had tall green weeds as shown.
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Lion Nursery near Viljoenskroon
Lion cubs looked friendly.