Somerdekgewasse sorg vir beter grond én diversifikasie
Dit is nie meer ongewoon om dekgewasse in die somerreënvalstreek van Suid-Afrika te sien nie. Alhoewel die gebruik van dekgewasse in rotasiestelsels reeds goed posgevat het, is daar nog ruimte vir groei asook ’n...
Só integreer ons vee in ’n bewaringstelsel
Hierdie is die tweede artikel waarin Dreyer en Dreyer Bdy Bk se reis van ’n konvensionele, gemengde boerdery na ’n bewaringslandboustelsel vanuit hul eie perspektief beskryf word.
Die boerdery is ’n gemengde boerdery in die...
Grain nitrogen content – taking a closer look
Low barley grain nitrogen content was commonly observed during the 2021 harvest. The low grain nitrogen content at harvest was a result of excessive rainfall (Graph 1 and Graph 2) early in the growing...
How affordable and nutritious are staples in SA?
The FAO defines staple foods as foods that are ‘eaten regularly and in such quantities as to constitute the dominant part of the diet and supply a major proportion of energy and nutrient needs’....
Sclerotinia alert: Is 2022 a good year for an outbreak?
Producers are urged to scout their fields for signs of Sclerotinia. The wet conditions experienced across the country could lead to disease development during this growing season.
Scout, scout, scout!
Take the time to investigate your...
Proven strategies to cut irrigation electricity costs
With rising electricity prices, producers are hard-pressed to find a way to cut down on their electricity consumption as it pertains to performing certain operations on their farms. One aspect of farming where growers...
BT-Gewasse – toevlugte noodsaaklik om weerstand te voorkom
Suid-Afrika is een van slegs agt lande in Afrika waar geneties gemodifiseerde gewasse (GM-gewasse) aangeplant mag word. Uit die 47 lande op die vasteland het produsente slegs in Suid-Afrika, Burkina Faso, Nigerië, Eswatini, Malawi,...
Boer meer doelgerig met dekgewasmengsels
Teen hierdie tyd is die meeste produsente bewus van wat dekgewasse is en die belangrike rol wat dit in herlewingslandbou speel, maar dit is nie altyd so eenvoudig om mengsels te formuleer nie. Wanneer...
Benefits of farming in partnership with nature
It is likely that you have heard or read about soil health. Also, that soil health is intricately linked to the animals – big and small – that inhabit our farmlands. Maybe you have...
Fusarium-aarskroei: Kultivarweerstand en swamdoders ’n wenspan
Deel 3
Kultivarweerstand is die mees ekonomiese en volhoubare benadering tot die beheer van aarskroei. Daar bestaan egter geen enkelgene wat ’n hoë vlak van weerstand teen aarskroei verleen nie, soos wat die geval is...
