Quality hybrids yield high oil content
Oilseed crops are the second-largest source of food after cereals, with a large expansion worldwide due to high demand for vegetable edible oil. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is one of the four most important...
Identifiseer tekorte vroeg vir beter voorsorg
2020 is verklaar as die internasionale jaar van plantgesondheid. Dit was dan ook Pannar se tema tydens vanjaar se Extravaganzas. Maar wat beteken plantgesondheid?
Plantgesondheid handel oor ekosisteemgesondheid – met ’n spesiale fokus op plante....
Bacterial diseases of maize tough to control
Bacterial diseases of maize can cause headaches for producers. A recent increase in the incidence and spread of bacterial leaf streak (BLS) makes it important to understand this disease in order to develop management...
Planters wat wérk in die Wes-Kaap
‘n Planter is een van die belangrikste implemente – indien nie dié belangrikste – op enige saaiplaas, ongeag of die produsent koring, kanola, gars, hawer, mielies of sojabone verbou.
As die planter reg werk, is...
Kan jou boerdery jou bekostig?
‘n Produsent se lewenskoste het ’n groot invloed op die finansiële lewensvatbaarheid van sy boerdery. Omdat produsente en lede van hulle familie wat by die boerdery betrokke is nie ’n formele salaris vir hulle...
Diagnostics clinics of value to producers
Diagnostics clinics function to identify the disease affecting a plant, as well as the causal agent which is responsible for a plant to develop symptoms. Importantly, diagnostics clinics also facilitate research, teaching, extension and...
OFM NAMPO Park Kersmark – aansoek vir stalletjies nou oop
Graan SA het besluit om vanjaar voort te gaan met reëlings vir sy OFM NAMPO Park Kersmark wat beplan word vanaf 24 – 27 November 2021 op NAMPO Park buite Bothaville.
Elke NAMPO-uitstaller wat voel...
On-farm participation crucial for CA research
Conservation agriculture (CA) refers to an agricultural management system based on the simultaneous application of three principles: minimum mechanical soil disturbance, an organic soil cover throughout the year and the use of crop and...
Manufacturers grapple with steel shortages
The South African agricultural sector has not been spared the global trend of steel shortages created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtually without exception, major steelmaking economies around the world struggled to meet the rebound...
