FERTASA se ONTTREKKINGSYFERS nuttig vir bemestingsprogramme
Plante gebruik beide toegediende en grondverskafde plantvoedsel. In die bepaling van die plantvoedselbenodighede (uit bemesting) vir ’n sekere opbrengs, moet die bydrae wat deur die grond gelewer kan word ook in aanmerking geneem word....
Bemestingspraktyke is bepalend vir opbrengs
Een van die grootste uitgawes vir enige saaiprodusent is bemesting. Ruim tyd en geld word bestee aan masjinerie om by te bly met nuwe tegnologie, maar word genoeg tyd spandeer om die effektiwiteit en...
WHY PRODUCERS SHOULD ADHERE TO ACT 36
Food safety and safe production of agricultural products are very important. Act 36 of 1947 (Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act) plays an integral role in facilitating this process in combination...
Wat is die ideale boerderystruktuur vir families wat saam boer?
Deel 2
Produsente word dikwels weens verskeie redes aanbeveel om in ’n ander regsentiteit soos ’n maatskappy handel te dryf. Die probleem hiermee is dat dit net die helfte van die storie is. Elke ondernemingsvorm...
Producers urged to stay alert for purple stain on soybeans
Soybean producers across South Africa are being urged to stay alert as reports are increasing of purple stain, a disease caused by Cercospora kikuchii, especially during the harvesting season. This disease, along with anthracnose,...
ANTHRACNOSE: a threat to dry bean production
In South Africa dry beans are produced by subsistence, small-scale, commercial and large-scale commercial farmers in the Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and Northern Cape. Types of dry beans produced include...
Bestuur waterafloop en -opgaring doeltreffend
Die swaar reën en vloede van die afgelope seisoen noop produsente om betyds die nodige voorsorgmaatreëls te tref. Uiters hoë reënvalintensiteite is gedurende die afgelope seisoen ervaar met die moontlikheid van intense droogtes wat...
Biosecurity in action: managing risk on South African farms
Every day, producers work hard to protect their crops from threats they can see – drought, pests, diseases, weeds. But some of the biggest risks are the ones that arrive quietly,
often unnoticed, until the...
Understanding FHB resistance: linking mycotoxins to disease management in wheat
Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum, threatens wheat production globally and locally. Beyond yield loss, this disease compromises grain safety by accumulating harmful mycotoxins, toxic substances produced by some fungi, posing a...
CA improves SOIL HEALTH and CROP YIELD
Improving crop production and productivity in the North West Province requires a sustainable cropping systems approach. This approach should include practices that improve and protect the soil’s health and its inherent capacity to provide...
