Harvesting soya beans in KZN’s Kamberg Valley

Before the AGM, he was able to spend a few minutes in a combine harvester with Josh Butt, a farmer with the Butt Farming operation, while he was working a field of soya beans. Despite it being a poor season for most of South Africa’s grain farmers, Butt Farming was able to achieve some outstanding yields from some of their rainfed summer grains fields.

The soya Josh is harvesting in this video averaged 4,1t/ha in comparison to the Crop Estimates Committee’s latest expected national average of 1,37t/ha.

A nearby yellow maize field on Butt Farming lands produced over 14t/ha in comparison to the CEC’s latest expected national average of 4,24 t/ha. Josh and his family are ecstatic and grateful for these fine yields.