CROP ESTIMATES – to measure is to know May 2019 Article submitted by a retired farmer As the production season for cash crops progresses, whether produced under dryland or irrigated conditions, the producer is very interested in a final yield prediction for the various crops being grown. In practice the accuracy improves as the crop
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ARE YOU MAKING PROGRESS? – Keep track to know May 2019 Gavin Mathews, Bachelors in environmental management. Send an email to gavmat@gmail.com The Afrikaans saying goes: ‘om te meet, is om te weet’. To measure is to know! This is so very true especially in the farming world. In everything there is a norm, an
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Looking back and ahead at the maize price May 2019 Ikageng Maluleke, Junior Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za As the 2018/2019 season draws to a close, it has been a bumpy ride for farmers due to many factors, with drought playing a major role, which left most of the western areas planting
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Making agriculture more sustainable May 2019 Magda du Toit, Corporate Engagement and Communications Manager SA, Bayer. Send an email to magda.dutoit@bayer.com Every season, for every field, farmers have to make more than 40 key decisions – all of which can make or break a harvest. Many of these decisions relate to crop protection, because at
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THE CORNER POST May 2019 Louise Kunz, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to louise@infoworks.biz If there is one thing that northwest mentor, Jan Pretorius, strongly believes in when it comes to farming, it is time awareness. ‘with farming, you cannot wait until you think it is time, it is about doing the right thing
03 Apr 2019 FAW DETECTION IN THE WESTERN CAPE The first positive detection of FAW larvae on Sweetcorn near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape has been received. The traps in the area also confirmed presence of high numbers of FAW moths. The sample was collected by DAFF DIS and confirmed by the DAFF DIS PH diagnostic
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GLYPHOSATE TOLERANCE SIMPLIFIES WEED CONTROL April 2019 Christin Hunter, Marketing Communications Manager, PANNAR Seed. Send an email to christin.hunter@pannar.co.za Weed control is essential for a successful maize crop and especially during the first six weeks of the crop’s development. The most important element of successful crop cultivation is to get the basics right from the beginning.
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THE CORNER POST April 2019 Louise Kunz, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to louise@infoworks.biz Anyone who is nearing retirement age or has passed it, knows that at some stage you wrestle with the question of what gives life meaning. When Fanie du Plessis was confronted with this question after selling his own farming enterprise,
