GROND: DIE PRODUSENT SE BELANGRIKSTE BATEDeel 17: Grondorganiese materiaal (iv)

Grond is die mees fundamentele hulpbron vir die produsent, waarsonder voedsel en natuurlike vesel nie geproduseer kan word nie. Hierdie artikel vorm deel van ‘n reeks om hierdie hulpbron toe te lig. Organiese materiaal maak...

Control of weeds in maize and wheat – Part 10: Fleabane

      Scientific name: Conyza spp. Afrikaans name: Conyza bonariensis: Kleinskraalhans, armoedskruid Conyza canadensis: Kanadese skraalhans, armoedskruid Conyza sumatrensis: Vaalskraalhans English name: Conyza bonariensis: Flax-leaf fleabane Conyza canadensis: Horseweed fleabane, fleabane Conyza sumatrensis: Tall fleabane Description: Flax-leaf fleabane can grow up to 1,2 m tall and has side branches that...

SOIL: THE PRODUCER’S MOST IMPORTANT ASSET Part 21: Soil degradation (iii)

Soil erosion (or loss of soil) is one of the most important aspects that influence global food security. Sustainable agriculture focuses, inter alia, on the protection of the ability of soil to continually support...

Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 26: Integration of pasture leys...

This article is the 26th and final of a series of articles highlighting crop species that can play an imperative role in conservation agriculture (CA)-based crop-pasture rotations. Besides improving the physical, chemical, hydrological and...

GROND: DIE PRODUSENT SE BELANGRIKSTE BATEDeel 19: Gronddegradasie (i)

Grond is die mees fundamentele hulpbron vir die produsent, waarsonder voedsel en natuurlike vesel nie geproduseer kan word nie. Hierdie artikel vorm deel van ‘n reeks om dié hulpbron toe te lig. Gronddegradasie (agteruitgang van...

SA Graan/Grain March 2021

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Prestasie beloon én afskeid geneem

Die erkenning wat oor die afgelope jare weens die COVID-pandemie agterweë gebly het, is op datum gebring toe Graan SA se Hoofbestuursfunksie weer vanjaar op 27 Julie kon plaasvind. Tydens die geleentheid op NAMPO Park...

Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 21: Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens...

This article is the 21st of a series of articles highlighting a specific pasture crop species that can play an imperative role in conservation agriculture (CA)-based crop-pasture rotations. Besides improving the physical, chemical, hydrological...

Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 19: Stooling rye (Secale cereale...

This article is the 19th in a series of articles highlighting a specific pasture crop species that can play an imperative role in conservation agriculture (CA) based crop-pasture rotations. Besides improving the physical, chemical, hydrological...

SOIL: THE PRODUCER’S MOST IMPORTANT ASSET Part 10: Ground water (ii)

Soil is the most fundamental resource for the farmer, without which food and natural fibre cannot be produced. This article forms part of a series to highlight this resource. The movement of water in soil...

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