Be on the lookout for leaf diseases on maize December 2020 Pietman Botha, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to pietmanbotha@gmail.com This time of the year the most maize production inputs should have been done in the eastern parts of the country. The herbicide application and top dress can still be done in the
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Working towards a committed and enthusiastic workforce December 2020 Marius Greyling, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to mariusg@mcgacc.co.za Farmers are under a severe cost pressure caused by the steady increase of the prices of inputs including minimum wages. A way to counter the pressure is to increase productivity. In previous articles we have
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Maize market prospects for next season December 2020 Ikageng Maluleke, Agricultural Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za In this article we will give an overview of the 2020/2021 marketing season, in terms of supply and demand as well as prices. INTERNATIONAL MARKET TRENDS Global maize prospects for the new season are looking
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Consequences of not liming your acid soils December 2020 Richard McPherson, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to richard@agrimetrix.co.za We have had a look at soil fertility, managing your crops and crop rotations in a production system to build humus, the main plant nutrients held by the sand clay and loam colloid and enhancing
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What does CEC on your soil test mean? December 2020 Richard McPherson, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to richard@agrimetrix.co.za One column in your soil test report headed cation exchange capacity (CEC) is often overlooked or not understood. This is a very important aspect of soils to take note of in order to monitor
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Soybean stem rot and STRATEGIES TO MANAGE IT October 2020 Lisa Ann Rothmann, University of the Free State. Send an email to CoetzeeLA@ufs.ac.za Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a yield-limiting fungal plant pathogen, present on every crop-producing continent with over 500 known susceptible host plants, including weeds. In south africa, hosts include (but are not limited
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FARMERS ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR NATION October 2020 Ikageng Maluleke, Agricultural Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za Being a farmer in South Africa has to be one of the hardest professions. The challenges farmers go through are overwhelming, to say the least. Their host of problems include farm safety, infrastructure, access
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The challenges of our smallholder farmers October 2020 Everlyn Musyoka, Smallholder Strategy Lead in Africa, Bayer. Send an email to everlyn.musyoka@bayer.com Smallholder farmers tend to farm in areas that have vast potential, yet, the challenges facing these farmers are countless. To turn passion into productivity requires effective solutions, tailored to meet the needs of
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THE CORNER POST October 2020 Louise Kunz, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to louise@infoworks.biz American author, Louis Sachar, said: ‘It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.’ as mentor, Eric Wiggill from the Swartberg area in Kwazulu-Natal, realised
