Local and imported wheat quality reviewed
Wheat samples of the 2019/2020 season were the first crop survey to be graded according to the latest bread wheat grading regulations published in the Government Gazette No. 42862, dated 29 November 2019.
These regulations...
CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE in smallholder farming systems Case Study from Swayimane, Kwazulu-Natal Midlands
September 2018
TEMAKHOLO MATHEBULA, ERNA KRUGER, Mahlathini Development Foundation and DR HENDRIK SMITH, conservation agriculture facilitator, Grain SA
The densely populated Swayimane area situated 40 km outside Pietermaritzburg under the uMshwathi Local Municipality is well-known for...
Can adjuvants enhance glyphosate efficacy?
April 2017
HESTIA NIENABER, ARC-Small Grain, Bethlehem
Glyphosate is a phosphonate and is used as a broad-spectrum, non-selective, systemic herbicide. Glyphosate has been on the market since 1974.
It acts by inhibiting the EPSPS enzyme, thus interfering...
Crop rotation as management strategy against maize root and crown rots
Root rot and crown rot infections are the least understood diseases of maize, mostly due to the fact that these rots are a result of a disease complex which is continually changing. Changes in...
Die dieselprys, -heffings en -korting onder die loep
April 2016
CORNÉ LOUW, senior ekonoom: Bedryfsdienste, Graan SA
Diesel maak ongeveer 12% van ‘n graan- en oliesadeprodusent se lopende produksiekoste uit. Die groothandelsprys van diesel in Maart vanjaar het op R9,58/liter gestaan – 4,2% laer...
Na-stroopbemarking van nader bekyk
February 2018
LUAN VAN DER WALT, landbou-ekonoom, Graan SA
Bemarking is een aspek wat ‘n uiters kritieke rol in die winsgewendheid van hedendaagse boerdery speel en moet daarom nie gering geskat word nie. In die graanbedryf...
Beperk plaagdoderdrywing en wen goeie buurmanskap
Die wêreld se bevolking eet lustig aan die voedsel wat met baie moeite en teen hoë koste deur voedselprodusente geproduseer word. Dit is noodwendig dat plaagbeheer toegepas moet word om gewasse teen peste, plae,...
Onkruiddoderweerstand weer bekyk
May 2015
HESTIA NIENABER, LNR-Kleingraaninstituut, 'n afdeling van die Veldgewasdivisie
Die definisie van onkruiddoderweerstand is alombekend. Dit is die inherente vermoë van ‘n plant om ‘n onkruiddoderdosis te oorleef, wat normaalweg die wilde tipe sou doodmaak...
The WHO’S WHO of soil health
October 2018
DR RONÉL HENDRIKS, chief scientific officer, ABM Africa
‛Soil health’ is a very widely used term in agriculture these days. Both producers and service providers have become increasingly soil health conscious. Soil health is...
A stride closer to food security in the face of climate change
July 2016
KINGSTONE MASHINGAIDZE, ARC-Grain Crops Institute, Potchefstroom
In South Africa 70% of the population consume maize as their staple food. Therefore research into improving this food crop is vital for food security and sustainability. With...
