An investment in SA seed treatment capability
Corteva Agriscience officially opened its Centre for Seed Applied Technologies (CSAT) laboratory in Rosslyn, Pretoria on 5 May. This modern facility is one of only six worldwide and will focus specifically on recipe development...
Verklaar lone betyds om boetes te vermy
Op 13 Februarie 2023 het die Direkteur-Generaal van die Departement van Indiensneming en Arbeid aangekondig dat die jaarlikse lone elektronies vanaf 1 April 2023 tot 31 Mei 2023 verklaar moet word. Dit sluit lone...
Ervaring tel wanneer rekordoes geberg word
Graanoeste is seisoenaal en die omvang daarvan kan groot variasies toon. Ervare silopersoneel is hierop bedag, want dit is nie so maklik om hulpbronne uit te rol wanneer ’n rekordoes skielik op hande is...
Sclerotinia research: then and now
The first report of Sclerotinia in South Africa was on apricots in 1953. Thereafter, the disease was reported on soybeans in Lydenburg (1979) and sunflower (1980) in localised regions of Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North...
Graderingsproses sloer steeds
Graan SA het oor die afgelope vyf jaar sy lede deurlopend op hoogte gehou rakende die graderingsveranderingsproses vir mielies. Na baie gesprekke en navorsing het die bedryf in 2021 konsensus bereik en ’n gesamentlike...
How and where to invest
People invest so that they have a better future for themselves and their families. Everyone has a different idea and plan as to what they want and need, but this article will relay the...
Unrest in KZN – reflections and lessons learnt
The recent unprecedented unrest which swept from the two main cities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Durban and Pietermaritzburg, through to rural towns and communities across the province, has forever changed the agricultural environment in which...
Fertiliser quality on par; 2020 survey shows
In 2017 a memorandum of understanding for the funding and management of the fertiliser and lime quality monitoring project was entered into by and between the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (now Department...
Inligting noodsaaklik om COVID-19 doeltreffend te bestuur
As gevolg van die COVID-19-pandemie en gevolglike inperking moes almal vinnig aanpas by ’n veranderende wêreld. Nie net is ons persoonlike lewens daardeur beïnvloed nie, maar ook alle aspekte van besigheid en onderrig. ’n...
Documentary shows impact of FDP
Through partnerships with Grain SA and government, as well as with other industry role-players such as Bayer, many South African farmers have moved from start-ups to scale-ups. They have increased their yields and become...
