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...
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...
Concerns over Ivermectin black market sales and product availability
Animal health company, Afrivet, issued a statement on Thursday 28 January, calling for the public to be responsible when procuring Ivermectin.
‘The very sudden demand increase for Ivermectin injectable products based on beliefs that Ivermectin...
Benchmarking – a powerful tool
The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) is not new to benchmarking and the effective use thereof to measure farm-level competitiveness. BFAP is part of the international agri benchmark network, where various crop-producing...
Biological pest control – eco-friendly but lethal
Crop protection is the science and practice of managing pests and diseases. Three key approaches to crop protection include:
pesticide-based approaches such as insecticides and fungicides;
biotechnology-based approaches such as plant breeding and genetic...
Winning yields for these producers
Grain SA hosted the first Grow for Gold National Yield Competition in Muldersdrift on Thursday 15 October 2020, celebrating 46 producers – from commercial to small-scale farmers – across 16 categories for outstanding yields...
Kies die regte sonkragstelsel
Met die afname in die koste van kragkomponente asook stygende elektrisiteitspryse, is daar al hoe meer huishoudings en besighede wat sonkrag begin oorweeg. Die moontlikheid vir gereelde beurtkrag na afloop van die grendeltydperk ondersteun...
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....
Stikstof kan mielies maak of breek
My mielies is geel! Wat kan die probleem wees? Die maklike antwoord is dat die grond nat is en dat die stikstof geloog het.
Die waarheid is dat die stikstof wel kon loog. Loging is...
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...
