Die gebruik van Safex-opsiekontrakte
November 2017
LUAN VAN DER WALT, landbou-ekonoom, Graan SA
In die voorafgaande gedeeltes van die reeks is daar gefokus op verskeie aspekte wat betrekking het op bemarking en verskansing van grane. Hierdie aspekte het gefokus op die...
Quality of the 2018/2019 season’s wheat crop examined
The 2018/2019 season represented the 21st annual wheat crop quality survey. The aim of these surveys is to accumulate commercial wheat crop quality data on a national level to assist the industry in decision-making...
Mieliepryse vir die nuwe seisoen
14/08/2020
Dit is alombekend dat die landboubedryf – en veral die graan- en oliesaadbedryf – hand aan hand met onsekerheid loop. Verskeie faktore veroorsaak hierdie onsekerheid wat die mark oorheers, waarvan produksie en prys seker...
Animal diseases that can affect humans Part 5: Psittacosis or parrot fever
July 2018
DR JAN DU PREEZ, veterinary specialist, Public Health
Psittacosis is a disease that can be contracted by people who come into close contact with birds and more particularly those of the parrot family (psittacine...
Chemiese vereistes vir landboukalk
Fertasa se grondsuurheidswerkgroep* in samewerking met Graan SA, kyk in hierdie reeks artikels na die oorsake, slaggate, invloed van en oplossing vir grondsuurheid. Die reeks sal uiteindelik uit twaalf artikels bestaan. Hierdie is die...
Die plaagdoderetiket: Jou paspoort tot sukses en veiligheid
Alle plaagdoders wat in Suid-Afrika verkoop word, is onderworpe aan die Wet op Misstowwe, Veevoedsel, Landboumiddels en Veevoedsel, 1947 (Wet Nr. 36 van 1947) wat streng vereistes neerlê:
Plaagdoders moet onder die Wet geregistreer...
New leaders at ARC
November 2016
SA GRAAN/GRAIN EDITORIAL TEAM and ELRI BURGER, ARC-Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem
Two new leaders were appointed at the ARC-Grain Crops Institute (ARC-CGI) and ARC-Small Grain Institute (ARC-SGI) during this year.
Dr Kingstone Mashingaidze
Dr Kingstone Mashingaidze was...
Dung beetles – indicators of biodiversity
Apart from the obvious global challenges such as climate change and ensuring future food security in a rapidly changing environment, decreasing global biodiversity is also a very serious challenge.
According to the 2019 UN Biodiversity...
HOËDRUKBEWEIDING: Die antwoord tot beter drakrag
October 2018
HENNIE DU TOIT, vee- en weidingkundige, Obaro
Ons het nog altyd in veranderende tye geleef, maar deesdae verander die tye vinniger, meer drasties en meer onvoorspelbaar. Die wêreldpopulasie behoort in alle waarskynlikheid teen 2050...
Benefits of winter cover crops in a mixed farming system
April 2018
GERRIE TRYTSMAN, ARC-Animal Production
With a total of only 14% land suitable for arable cropping, South Africa is not well endowed with resources for dryland (rainfed) farming. Soil degradation often occurs due to monoculture...
