Shift towards crop rotation is a positive sign
Crop rotation has the potential to alleviate some of the many challenges faced by the producers and communities of the north-western Free State.
Studies suggest that by diversifying crops, producers prevent nutrient losses and have...
Rekordoes is genade van Bo
Casper du Toit het 27 jaar gelede in die Hoopstad-distrik saam met sy skoonpa, At van Rensburg, begin boer. Deesdae boer sy susterskind, JP Olivier, saam met hom op die plase De Rust, Tevrede...
Klein verandering lewer uitstekende resultate
Dit was nie sonder rede dat Steven Cave van die plaas Rietfontein in die Koster-distrik die blok sojabone in die Groei vir Goud-opbrengskompetisie ingeskryf het nie. Cave het sy bemestingsprogram op van sy sojaboonlande...
The effect of load shedding on irrigated wheat
On average South Africa annually produced 1,82 million tons of wheat in the last ten years. Of the total hectares, 75% is planted on dryland with only 25% under irrigation. If we look at...
New trends in livestock breeding
The information revolution brought about by the internet – and with it amazingly accurate and fast search engines – has resulted in the accumulation of knowledge unsurpassed by anything before. What have been hailed...
ARC evaluates sorghum cultivars
Sorghum, an important cereal crop in Africa and a staple grain for millions of people, is used to make bread, porridges, soups and cakes for human consumption. It is also used as fodder for...
Maize stalk rots: unseen yield assassins
The most commonly reported fungal stalk rots of maize in South Africa are Diplodia, Fusarium, Gibberella and charcoal stalk rot. The only bacterial stalk rot on maize is termed bacterial whorl and stalk rot...
Parasitiese wespe ingespan om vlieë te beheer
Vlieë is seker een van die ergste verpestings vir mens en dier. Nie alleen is vlieë uiters irriterend nie, maar hulle veroorsaak regstreeks groot produksieverliese by plaasdiere – hoofsaaklik toe te skryf aan verlaagde...
How to control relevant insect pests on barley
Most brewing barley is produced under dryland conditions in the Western Cape, while the rest is grown under irrigation near Koedoeskop in Limpopo and the Vaalharts, Modderrivier, Lückhoff and Douglas areas.
Barley, as one of...
Hoe staan sake met uitloopweerstand by koring?
Suid-Afrika se boeregemeenskap juig, want broodnodige reën het onlangs in groot dele van die land geval. In sommige streke was dit die eerste reën in nege jaar! Nog reën word vir die somerreëngebiede voorspel.
Dit...
