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...
Mycotoxins account for large losses worldwide
In a recent article published in the September 2022 issue of SA Graan/Grain, the Fusarium spp. mycotoxins and their effects on humans and animals were highlighted. This article discusses other important fungi, their mycotoxins...
Langer groeiers meer riskant in wisselvallige klimaat
Gedurende die afgelope seisoene het die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Landbou ’n aantal proewe in die Swartland en Suid-Kaap geplant. Daar word jaarliks op Langgewens-navorsingsplaas in die Swartland en Tygerhoek-navorsingsplaas in die Rûens twee saaidatumproewe...
Lugbespuiting: Hanteer tenks en kanne só
Produsente is welbekend met die regulatoriese prosedures wanneer plaag- of insekdoders met trekkers op landerye gespuit word, maar hoe werk dit in die geval van lugbespuiting?
Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, bedryfs- en rentmeesterskapbestuurder by CropLife SA,...
Higher maize yields with pathogen-free seeds
Seed-borne pathogens can infect seeds during seed production, be transmitted from seed to seedling and can infect the full-grown plant. Seeds are a highly effective way of transporting certain plant pathogens over long distances.
The...
Einde van nat siklus waarskynlik in sig
Die 2021/2022-somerseisoen sal onthou word vir ver bogemiddelde reënval oor groot dele van die somerreënvalgebied en veral die somergraangebied. Op baie plekke in die somergraangebied was die reën van 2021/2022 meer as dubbeld die...
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...
Belê in jou grond
In die afdeling vir sojabone wat onder besproeiing verbou word, het Jan van Heerden van Hartswater vanjaar weer in die Groei vir Goud-opbrengskompetisie met die louere weggestap. Verlede jaar het hy hierdie afdeling gewen...
Data intensive farming – more to learn from each season
Data Intensive Farm Management (DIFM) is a project in collaboration with various research institutes and industry stakeholders. The purpose of the project is to improve sustainability by utilising data in creative trial designs to...
Mycotoxin research can help curb negative effects
The word mycotoxin is derived from the Greek word mykes or mukos, which means ‘fungus’, and the Latin word toxicum which means ‘poison’ – a toxic substance produced by a fungus. Mycotoxins are secondary...
