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2015
Nkgono Jane says…
Nkgono Jane says… October 2015 Wow – it is summer again and everyone will be working hard with renewed hope for a good season. We hope that the rains will come in time and continue until everyone has a harvest so that we can feed our families and all the people of South Africa.
With assistance and support we can feed a hungry planet
With assistance and support we can feed a hungry planet October 2015 In the heart of KwaZulu-Natal, at the foothills of the great Drakensburg lie many rural communities. Isolated and far from established agricultural markets, these people face many challenges; firstly in acquiring inputs for crops and secondly getting their product to a market. These
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Cultivar selection is the most important decision
Cultivar selection is the most important decision October 2015 Selecting the right soybean cultivars to plant is one of the most important decisions a farmer has to make. It is not unusual for unmodified cultivars to deliver yields of up to 20% lower than the top producer in national cultivar trials (Table 1). With low
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Nkgono Jane says…
Nkgono Jane says… September 2015 Grain SA has been in the fortunate position to manage a farmer development programme which has been a result of cooperation between the Maize Trust, the Winter Cereal Trust, the Sorghum Trust, the Oil and Protein Seeds Development Trust, the ARC and the AgriSETA. Over many years, a team of
Follow these tank mixture guidelines
Follow these tank mixture guidelines September 2015 Pesticides (herbicides, insecticides and fungicides) are tank-mixed for various reasons including cost saving and time management. While it is common practice to tank-mix products, it is important to note that pesticides are chemicals that can react with one another to create both biological and physical interactions. Physical interactions
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Improve your wheat yield with crop rotation
Improve your wheat yield with crop rotation September 2015 Wheat production in the Western Cape, especially in the Swartland, was previously based on monoculture production. Before 1994, when wheat prices were governed by a Wheat Board, wheat was planted on nearly every open field a farmer had available. With the onset of our free-market economy
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Check monthly account statements
Check monthly account statements September 2015 In this article we would like to emphasise the importance to check (control) all the monthly account statements you receive. Let us first of all clarify the term statements. Unfortunately the term “statements” could be a bit confusing. In a previous article we used the term in relation to
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