Stropers en modder is nie maats nie
Stropers word nie ontwerp om in modder te werk nie en is geneig om vas te sit. Indien ’n stroper nie korrek uit die modder herwin word nie, is skade die produsent se voorland.
Die...
Deeglikheid bring dubbelgoud
Met ’n lewensuitkyk dat ’n mens jouself altyd moet druk om beter te presteer, is dit geen wonder dat Japie Breedt van Bapsfontein vanjaar weer die hoogste opbrengs in die Groei vir Goud Nasionale...
Fokus op dié praktyke en bly volhoubaar boer: Deel 1
Landbou is voortdurend betrokke by ’n onderhandelingsproses te midde van vele faktore wat uitdagings veroorsaak. Aan die een kant moet die sektor die belange van die produsent dien en toesien dat hy produktief bly...
Pest control through irrigation
In an integrated pest management (IPM) programme, irrigation management is viewed as an essential component where dryland plantings are not feasible. Numerous scientists note the importance of adequate, timely irrigation to prevent unnecessary stress...
Proactive weed management from a global perspective
Herbicides are only as effective as the mindset of the individuals who apply them. One serious shortcoming in agriculture worldwide is the failure to follow label directions for safe and effective use of herbicides....
Latest research shows benefits of cover crops
With the declining fertility and productive capacity of many South African cropping soils, there is an increasing need to develop more sustainable and profitable cropping systems in these regions. Global and local research studies...
Swartstam by kanola – siektebeheer deur kultivarweerstand
Deel 2
‘n Geskatte 95 000 ha kanola is in 2021 in die Wes-Kaap, wat feitlik al Suid-Afrika se kanola produseer, aangeplant. Dit is die grootste plaaslike aanplanting van kanola tot op hede, met ruimte...
NBTs should be allowed to pave way for better food security
Global food security demands the development of new technologies and breeding techniques to develop improved crops that can increase and secure food production on finite arable land without increasing the use of resources. Crops...
Pesticide behaviour in soil – adsorption, mobility and leachability
A pesticide molecule is hardly ever dispensed as a pure compound. It is mostly formulated with other substances such as solvents, stabilisers, spreaders and emulsifiers to take the molecule to the required point of...
Wees ingelig oor sojas se onttrekkingsyfers
Sojaboonaanplantings het die afgelope twee seisoene uitstekend in die Vrystaat presteer. Die La Niña-weerverskynsel het oor groot dele van Suid-Afrika se saaigebiede vir bo-normale reënval gesorg. Produsente het dus sojabone geplant aangesien dit versuiptoestande...
