1. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) South Africa Crop Tour Route (February 27- March 6, 2006)

2. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Grain Storage “Socks”at Wonderfontein, South Africa Plastic storage “socks” located on clay soils can cause grain losses from ponding.

3. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Equipment Used to Fill Plastic Storage “Socks” Plastic grain storage socks are filled by these machines.

4. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Equipment Used to Fill Plastic Storage “Socks” These machines also help to fill the plastic storage “socks”.

5. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) 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.

6. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Irrigation Distribution Canal near Hartswater, South Africa Distribution canal supplies water to fields.

7. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Small Storage Pond, Pump House, Fertigation Tank, and Irrigation Lateral Small irrigation storage ponds are utilized to keep the pipe intake submerged.

8. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) 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.

9. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) 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.

10. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Corn Located between Kraal and Bethal, South Africa Corn is planted at approximately 45,000 plants/hectare in the high rainfall province of Mpumalanga.

11. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) 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.

12. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Representative Corn Condition in a Field Located near Bothaville, South Africa Crop conditions at this field were representative of crop conditions for the area.

13. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) “Double-Tram” Corn Rows Planted in Northwestern Province, near Lichtenburg, South Africa Double-tram plantings are common in Northwestern province.

14. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Corn in Excellent Condition near Skoonspruit, South Africa Corn was good condition near Skoonspruit.

15. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Late Planted Corn Was in Good Condition near Ventersdorp Corn planted late did have tassels by beginning of March.

16. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Excessive Rainfall Caused Nitrogen Leaching near Viljoenskroon Excessive rainfall caused fertilizers to be leached, as indicated by the yellow leaves.

17. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Soybeans Were in Good Condition near Bethal, South Africa Soybeans were in good condition near Bethal, South Africa.

18. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Sunflower Located between Kroonstad and VIljoenskroon Sunflower was in good condition at Kroonstad.

19. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Fallow Field with Weeds near Bothaville Many fallow fields had tall green weeds as shown.

20. PECAD Home PECAD Home | USDA.gov | Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)USDA.govForeign Agricultural Service (FAS) Lion Nursery near Viljoenskroon Lion cubs looked friendly.