Hulle het gekom, gesien en hul 2020 Agrivisie gevind
Die heel eerste NAMPO Virtueel het weer eens die veerkragtigheid van die landbousektor bewys. Om aan te pas by die veranderinge wat die COVID-19-pandemie teweeggebring het en deur nuwe tegnologie in te span, het...
SA Graan/Grain September 2020
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Akademikus, produsent en brugbouer
Prof Danie Vermeulen, dekaan van die Fakulteit Natuur- en Landbouwetenskappe by die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV), glo dat landbou in Suid-Afrika kerngesond is. Hy skryf dit toe aan die vernuf en kwaliteit van...
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...
Belowende kultivars in die pyplyn
Graan SA se sorghum-kultivarproefprojek is in sy vyfde seisoen. Die projek vind in samewerking met die sorghumsaadmaatskappye (Agricol, K2 Agri, Pannar en AGT Foods Africa) en produsente plaas. Die doel van die projek is...
Heffing maak die deur oop vir nuwe tegnologie
Gedurende Junie 2018 het die Minister van Landbou, Grondhervorming en Landelike Ontwikkeling (soos dit nou bekendstaan) ’n statutêre heffing op sojaboongraan ingestel. Die uitsluitlike doel van die heffing was om die heffingsfondse aan saadmaatskappye...
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...
Farmers are the heartbeat of our nation
Being a farmer in South Africa has to be one of the hardest professions. The challenges farmers go through are overwhelming, to say the least. Their host of problems include farm safety, infrastructure, access...
Planners find themselves in two camps
While some grain producers are harvesting and others are watching the weather for rain, there are quite a few tectonic plates that are moving and shifting. Due to COVID-19 all the shifts are not...
