Kriteria vir vrystelling van NUWE GRAANTEGNOLOGIE
Die hooffokus van teelprogramme is om die opbrengspotensiaal van graanproduksie in Suid-Afrika te verhoog terwyl dit steeds graan van uitstekende gehalte aan die verwerker en verbruiker bied.
Volgens Kobus van Huyssteen, tegniese bestuurder by die...
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...
My beeste is in my buurman se lande! HOE NOU GEMAAK?
“Jou beeste is in my lande!” – sekerlik ’n oproep wat geen boer van sy buurman wil ontvang nie.
Met die vele uitdagings wat landbou deesdae inhou, is hierdie ’n verdere risiko wat produsente eerder...
FOKUS OP DIÉ PRAKTYKE en BLY VOLHOUBAAR BOER
Deel 2
Die volhoubaarheid van enige boerdery-onderneming is nou gekoppel aan die voordele wat die produsent kan bewerkstellig deur produksiepraktyke en doeltreffende gebruik van hulpbronne, die bestuur van insetkoste en bemarkingstrategieë. Hoë opbrengste moet nie...
Canola less N fertilizer needed in CA systems
Most canola producers in the Western Cape have adopted conservation agriculture (CA). As a result of less soil disturbance, implementing crop rotation and preserving stubble (or inclusion of cover crops), the chemical, physical and...
EARLY-SEASON APHIDS – these principles are critically important
In many wheat fields in the Western Cape the control of early-season aphids with insecticides is a standard practice. In some cases, seed is treated with a systemic insecticidal dressing before planting and in...
Several factors work together TO ENSURE QUALITY FUEL
There is a story about a technical assistant at one of the major oil companies who was called out by a producer who complained of diesel contamination which was affecting the operation of his...
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...
DRYING SOYBEANS – a good investment in high-humidity areas
It may seem strange to artificially dry a crop that normally dries in the field, but the benefits to the practice – such as reduced crop loss, more efficient use of harvesting equipment and...
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...
