Atrasien en s-metolachloor in grond: implikasies vir onkruidbeheer en opvolggewasse
Atrasien, wat in 1957 bekendgestel is, is sedert die 1960’s reeds ’n staatmakeronkruiddoder in Suid-Afrika vir die beheer van eenjarige breëblaaronkruidsoorte (dikotiele) in sekere grasgewasse soos mielies en suikerriet. S-metolachloor is in 1996 bekendgestel...
Managing weeds in crop rotation systems
Crop rotation systems improve weed management by offering a wider range of herbicide options when used correctly. Alternating chemicals with different mechanisms of action enables producers to target a broader spectrum of weeds and...
Grain biosecurity: lessons from SA’s FMD outbreak
The recent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks highlighted the far-reaching consequences that biological threats can have on South African agriculture. While the disease affected livestock directly, the outbreak exposed vulnerabilities in surveillance systems, traceability, diagnostics,...
SA’s poultry industry: from crisis to growth
For a decade leading up to 2019, South Africa’s poultry industry was in distress. Year after year, production declined while imports continued to grow, placing immense pressure on local producers and threatening one of...
Skape, lusern en mielies – die dinge wat geld inbring
In die Reitz-distrik is daar twee produsente wat reeds die voordele van ’n skaap-lusern-mielie-wisselboustelsel ervaar: Willie Roux en Neil Claassen (Graan SA-Raadslid). Beide hierdie produsente is dit eens dat hierdie stelsel hul winsgewendheid verhoog...
The role of precision agriculture in scenario planning and crop yield prediction
Scenario planning is a way of preparing for more than one possible outcome, rather than relying on a single expectation of how the season will unfold. When reading up on plans and the importance...
Wees op jou hoede vir trekkerkoste
Produsente het oor die afgelope paar jaar ’n drastiese styging in insetkoste ervaar. Alhoewel daar hoofsaaklik gefokus word op die direkte koste soos saad, kunsmis en onkruiddoder, bekruip die vaste koste almal stil-stil. Meganisasiekoste...
Finansiële volhoubaarheid: Struktureer jou skuld reg
Die gebruik van gevorderde tegnologie in vandag se moderne boerdery het ’n gegewe geword, maar dit kom saam met groot kapitaalbesteding wat skuld ’n onvermydelike realiteit maak. Met stygende insetkoste, klimaatskommeling en wisselvallige markpryse,...
VOORSORG is beter as nasorg
Trekkers is bekend daarvoor dat hulle in die stoor staan en breek. ’n Werkende trekker word in die stoor geparkeer en as dit weer planttyd of strooptyd is, is hy morsdood – of die...
The rise of spray drones in SA agriculture
Agriculture has always evolved alongside technology. From the introduction of mechanised tractors to satellite-guided precision farming, every major technological advancement has helped producers produce more while making better use of increasingly limited resources. Today,...
