Spotlight on second year’s CA results
March 2018
LIENTJIE VISSER and WILLEM KILIAN, ARC-Small Grain, Bethlehem,
JACQUES VAN ZYL, VKB and DR HENDRIK SMITH, CA facilitator, Grain SA
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a holistic approach to the improvement of soil health and the...
Sclerotinia head rot of sunflower: A continuing threat
March 2018
PROF BRADLEY FLETT, ARC-Grain Crops, Potchefstroom
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a fungal pathogen, which infects sunflowers, causing Sclerotinia head or stem rot diseases. This fungus attacks a wide range of field crops including soybeans, beans, canola...
Positive thinking leads to success – Grain SA/Absa/John Deere Financial New Era Commercial Farmer...
March 2018
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team
‘I attribute my success to the fact that farming is all I know,’ was Mr Edwin Thulo Mahlatsi’s reaction on his announcement as the 2017 Grain SA/Absa/John Deere Financial New...
Oorhoofse koste: Maak deeglik somme
March 2018
LUAN VAN DER WALT, landbou-ekonoom, Graan SA
Die afgelope twee bemarkingseisoene, wat absoluut kontrasterend van mekaar was, het albei hul eie uitdagings vir die graanprodusent na die tafel toe gebring. Die twee seisoene is...
Maize ear rots under different cropping systems
March 2018
DR BELINDA JANSE VAN RENSBURG and PROF BRADLEY FLETT, ARC-Grain Crops, Potchefstroom
The fungi that cause maize ear rots commonly known as Gibberella (Fusarium graminearum), Fusarium (Fusarium verticillioides) and Diplodia (Stenocarpella maydis) can also...
Local best practice options in CA investigated – Case study 2
March 2018
MAZWI DLAMINI and ERNA KRUGER, Mahlathini Development Foundation
Mr Cosmas Dumezweni Xaba (50) is a family man with a wife, seven children and one grandchild. He retired from the mines in 2008 and started...
Is my beesproduksiestelsel reg vir my boerdery?
March 2018
PIETMAN BOTHA, SA Graan/Grain redaksiespan
Lae winste gerealiseer in die gewasproduksievertakking verg dat ‘n produsent se boerderyvertakkings op ‘n ander manier benader moet word. Die veebedryf spring nie hierdie tendens vry nie. ‘n Groot aantal produsente...
Gee aandag aan dié aspekte
March 2018
LUAN VAN DER WALT, landbou-ekonoom, Graan SA
In Deel 1 van die reeks, wat in die Februarie-uitgawe van SA Graan/Grain verskyn het, is daar meer gefokus op wat na-stroopbemarking behels en waarom dit vir produsente van belang...
Doelgerigte bestuur in aksie – Graan SA/Syngenta Graanprodusent van die Jaar
March 2018
PIETMAN BOTHA, SA Graan/Grain redaksiespan
Mnr AC van Wyk en sy vrou, Lizelle, boer hoofsaaklik met mielies en osse in die Bultfontein-distrik. Hy is ‘n mielieprodusent in murg en been en is ‘n uitstekende besigheidsman.
Vir hom...
Dieresiektes wat die mens aantas Deel 1: Wat is ‘n soönose?
March 2018
DR JAN DU PREEZ, veterinêre spesialis: Volksgesondheid
‘n Soönose kan gedefinieer word as ‘n siekte of besmetting wat natuurlik oorgedra word van werweldiere (byvoorbeeld honde, katte, beeste, bokke, skape, wild, pluimvee, voëls, varke, perde,...
