Response strategy in place for Cornubia warehouse clean-up

An intensive containment and clean-up operation after the arson attack that destroyed UPL’s Cornubia warehouse has successfully contained all runoff from the site. Pollution control has been implemented, treatment dams have been constructed and...

Sonneblom steeds ’n staatmaker op die Springbokvlakte

Seisoenale droogtes is in geen area in Suid-Afrika se somerreënvalstreek ’n vreemde verskynsel nie. Alhoewel daar in die afgelope twee seisoene in gedeeltes van dié reënval­streek bogemiddelde reënval was, bly die Springbokvlakte ’n area...

Die plant van toevlugsareas – effektiewe insekbeheer begin hier

Die ontwikkeling van weerstand by insekpeste is ’n realiteit, maar kan met behoorlike beplanning en bestuur verminder word. Die beste manier om die voordele en insekbeskerming wat Bt-tegnologie bied te behou, is om ’n...

Unlocking Africa’s agribusiness potential with platform thinking

The African continent is home to what is considered a huge growth opportunity – agriculture. With 65% of the world’s available uncultivated arable land, potential exists for African countries to reach their developmental goals...

Worldwide pandemic can’t stop irrigation project

All turnkey irrigation projects bring about their own challenges. For a turnkey project executed during a global pandemic, even more so. An ongoing Agrico project located on Panda farm in Nigeria was initiated during...

Dié kragspan nou selfs nog sterker

Die InteliGro/VKB-kragspan, wat in die 2020/2021-seisoen vir somerrygewasse van stapel gestuur is, het op 30 Julie tydens ’n aanlyn inligtingsessie die nuwe 2021/2022-seisoen se aanbiedinge bekendgestel. “InteliGro en VKB se strategiese samewerking het ten doel...

Unieke oplossings vir besproeiingsbestuur

Die sukses van Omnia Nutrilogie® se OFOS™- en ONAS™-stelsels lê daarin dat die korrekte hoeveelheid en konsentrasie voedingstowwe in besproeiingswater na die plant se voedingswortels vervoer word. Konsentrasie van voedingselemente in besproeiingswater is noodsaaklik vir...

NIBBOB® – Fence Alert Technologies

Heinrich Dry is the founder and co-owner of the new patented concept NIBBOB® He wanted a solution to detect and determine the exact location of an intruder once a property’s fence alarm is triggered. Be...

Aanpasbaarheid is die sleutel tot sonneblomsukses

Gemoedsrus is ’n term wat sonneblomprodusente eer­stehands wil ervaar wanneer daar in ag geneem word hoe drasties die Suid-Afrikaanse klimaat die afgelope paar seisoene gewissel het. Om hierdie rede is dit nodig dat produsente...

The future of smart farming in South Africa

Technology has completely transformed agriculture over the last few decades. These days, producers are integrating everything from drones and satellite sensing to genetic modification and, more recently, artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations to...

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