Climatic conditions can impact false armyworm outbreaks
Since false armyworm was never a serious pest in South Africa, moth flight activity was not monitored prior to the first outbreak in 2010. Therefore, it was decided to look at the rainfall pattern...
Granulated microfine limes – superior or not?
Most regulated sources of lime and related products sold on the South African market actually have the same effect on soil pH in the long term, as long as the liming rate is corrected...
Groei sonder herlewing is negatief
Die omgewings- en hulpbronekonoom, prof James Blignaut, glo die berekening van die koste van herlewingslandbou – in die omgang bekend as conservation agriculture (CA) of regenerative agriculture (RA) – vereis begrip van sekere inligting...
New BLS breeding grounds pointed out by survey
An outbreak of bacterial leaf streak (BLS) in the Piet Retief and Amersfoort areas was reported during the 2020/2021 maize growing season and again early in the 2021/2022 season. Since then, the disease has...
Cutworm management: Are producers getting it right?
There are several Agrotis cutworm species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) present in South Africa, namely black cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon), grey cutworm (Agrotis subalba), brown cutworm (Agrotis longidentifera), spiny cutworm (Agrotis spinifera) and the common cutworm (Agrotis...
Planting date has significant effect, study shows
Sunflower is often used as a catch crop and is planted as an alternative when rainfall onset is too late for maize or soybean plantings. Therefore, the stable yields under these late planting conditions...
Koring op koers vir ’n goeie oes
07/07/2021
Die plaaslike wintergraanseisoen is goed aan die gang en tans lyk produksie-omstandighede – veral in die Wes-Kaap – belowend. Goeie, wydverspreide reën het oor die produksiegebiede voorgekom en aanplantings kon goed plaasvind, ten spyte...
Passie vir boerdery bring sukses
Sojabone is nie ’n gewas wat tradisioneel tussen Fochville en Vanderbijlpark geplant word nie, maar dit het nie vir Willie van Niekerk en sy seun (ook Willie) van Belofte Boerdery weerhou om te eksperimenteer...
BT-Gewasse – toevlugte noodsaaklik om weerstand te voorkom
Suid-Afrika is een van slegs agt lande in Afrika waar geneties gemodifiseerde gewasse (GM-gewasse) aangeplant mag word. Uit die 47 lande op die vasteland het produsente slegs in Suid-Afrika, Burkina Faso, Nigerië, Eswatini, Malawi,...
Koester die kans om te kan boer
Mielies word sedert 1947 op die plaas Panfontein net buite Schweizer-Reneke geplant. Die 12,47 t/ha wat vir Jozeph du Plessis van die Locklore Boerdery die eerste plek in die Groei vir Goud-kompetisie se afdeling...
