Maize

Don’t let weeds destroy your crop and profit October 2025 EARLY WEED CONTROL IN SUMMER CROPS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WEEDS LOWER CROP YIELDS BY COMPETING FOR SOIL MOISTURE, NUTRIENTS, SPACE AND SUNLIGHT. GOOD WEED CONTROL MANAGEMENT IN SUMMER CROPS IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-YIELDING AND PROFITABLE CROPS. FOR HIGH-COST AND HIGH-VALUE

Replanting: Consider all the factors October 2025 DR AART-JAN VERSCHOOR, SENIOR MANAGER, ARC AGRIMETRICS. FIRST PUBLISHED IN SA GRAAN/GRAIN, MARCH 2025   SOMETIMES, AT THE START OF A GROWING SEASON, A FARMER’S HARD WORK TO GET SEED INTO THE GROUND RESULTS IN POOR EMERGENCE. AT TIMES, THE DAMAGE TO A MAIZE CROP CAN BE SO

Economic impact of cutworm damage to maize and soybean October 2025 THE INCREASED PEST STATUS OF THE COMMON CUTWORM, AGROTIS SEGETUM (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE), HAS BEEN A CONCERN FOR GRAIN FARMERS OVER THE PAST FOUR CROPPING SEASONS. ALTHOUGH THE REASONS FOR THE INCREASED IMPORTANCE OF THIS PEST ARE NOT CLEAR, IT IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO

COMMON PIGWEED is a growing threat October 2025 PROF JUAN VORSTER, SOUTH AFRICAN HERBICIDE RESISTANCE INITIATIVE (SAHRI), UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA.FIRST PUBLISHED IN SA GRAAN/GRAIN, SEPTEMBER 2025.   COMMON PIGWEED (AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS) IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND COMMON WEEDS ACROSS SOUTHERN AFRICA. SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF HERBICIDE-RESISTANT POPULATIONS OF PALMER AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS PALMERI)