Yield evaluation and harvesting planning April 2017 The 2016/2017 summer production season is by now moving into the harvesting and final marketing phase for soybeans, sunflowers and other summer crops. This year has been characterised by good to very good rains prior to the planting season interspersed with an extremely hot and dry November and
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Using heat units and rainfall records to determine crop yield potential March 2017 Previous Pula Imvula articles have covered using rainfall records, rainfall patterns, soil moisture conservation to evaluate the potential, sustainability and economic viability of crops in your farming environment. Another tool that can be used to maximise the yield potential of crops on
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BEES ARE VIPs (very important pollinators of sunflowers) January 2017 There has been a lot of talk on the decline in bee numbers globally. We read about it in magazines and newspapers and we see it on television documentaries and the news, but do we really grasp the seriousness of this issue? This will have
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Soil profiles and assessing stored moisture capacity December 2016 One of the most valuable tools used by farmers, consultants and researchers is the examination of soil profiles on a particular block of land that is used for the full range of agricultural production. This could range from evaluation of veld types for soil depth and
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Pre-emergent herbicides remain IMPORTANT November 2016 Spring has arrived in South Africa. We hope that this year the rains will arrive with the summer months that lie ahead, and that we can leave the drought behind us. One thing that we can be certain of is that when the rains do arrive the weeds will
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Sunflowers surprise in a dry season October 2016 We could not actually believe our eyes at the yields which returned off a field that was seriously drought affected this season. The struggling sunflower plants only grew to about one metre tall and their heads were so small…and then we had one good rainfall! Wow!
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Increasing soybean yield and nitrogen nutrition October 2016 Many relevant articles in the Pula Imvula covering various aspects of soybean production and correct techniques to ensure good nodulation have been published by this and other authors since 2012. It is a good idea to look at some of the back issues as a rich
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DANIEL MOGONEDIWA First the teacher, now the learner October 2016 Daniel Mogonediwa (45) is a subsistence farmer from the North West Province. He farms on Holgat, 400 hectares of land which he leases from the Monamaladi CPA in the Bodenstein area near Coligny. On 130 hectares of land he plants sunflower and maize in a
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Risk management for your 2016 summer crop planning August 2016 The 2015/2016 crop production summer season was defined as one of the worst droughts in a few generations of farmers. Some family farms might even be forced to cease farming or join up into large commercial farming units. This last year farmers were faced with
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