BLS on seedlings – cause for concern
Bacterial leaf streak (BLS) is becoming a serious problem in the Amersfoort/Wakkerstroom area. An outbreak was reported during the 2020/2021 maize growing season on the farm of Ghini Greyling, who noticed the lesions.
Early in...
N fertilisation and planting date: a balancing act
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is an annual oilseed crop that is globally cultivated. During the 2022/2023 growing season, 28,25 million ha produced more than 55,80 million metric tons, which accounted for 8,41% of the...
Die effek van beurtkrag op besproeiingskoring
Gemiddeld het Suid-Afrika oor die afgelope tien jaar jaarliks 1,82 miljoen ton se koring geproduseer. Van die totale hektare word 75% op droëland geplant met slegs 25% onder besproeiing. As daar na produksie as...
Lucerne: effects of crop residues and wheat as a nurse crop
Lucerne is commonly used as a pasture crop in long-rotation systems in the southern Cape region, where it is rotated with wheat, barley, canola and other crops. The unpredictability of rainfall and the delicate...
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...
Brasilië se graanrewolusie: ’n verhaal van innovasie en volharding
Dit is geen geheim dat die internasionale graanmark hoogs mededingend is nie – en Suid-Afrikaanse produsente is nie immuun teen hierdie werklikheid nie. Om in die globale graanmark mededingend te bly, is dit noodsaaklik...
Slim planne help om uitdagings te hanteer
Produsente in Suid-Afrika is voortdurend besig om die talle uitdagings waardeur die landbousektor in die gesig gestaar word, te beveg. Uitdagings soos klimaatskommeling, stygende inset- en produksiekoste asook internasionale markkragte maak dit moeilik om...
Finding the best cropping sequences for the Eastern Free State
Part 2
A long-term crop rotation trial with maize and potatoes in rotation with other crops was established in the Petrus Steyn district of the Eastern Free State five years ago. The aim of the...
Quality overview of the 2020 maize crop
A total of 890 composite samples, representing white and yellow maize of each production region, were received and analysed to determine their quality. The samples consisted of 516 white and
374 yellow maize samples. The...
Better return on investment with data-intensive precision farming
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...
