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The Agricultural Research Council’s weather station network records extremely wet conditions that cause damage, but drier weather is expected. https://agtag.co.za/category/14/post/30249 The Agricultural Research Council’s (ARC) automatic weather station network (see map below) recorded exceptionally high rainfall totals over a large part of the summer-grain production region between November 2021 and

Bathi isitshixo semvula sikuwe, vala le mvula, sonele ngoku!” (They say you have the key for closing the rain tank; we’ve had enough, close it now), said Victor Mongoato, a grain farmer from Matatiele, on a call to me earlier this week. Press Release: Wandile Sihlobo Of course, Mongoato didn’t

Luan van der Walt van Graan SA gee meer duidelikheid oor die impak en uitdagings wat die baie reën op die produksietoestande van die somergraanseisoen kan hê.

The South African wool industry is being forced to diversify its product offering as a result of the ’new normal‘ brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Annelie Coleman The South African wool industry is in uncertain territory, although the country experienced fewer COVID- 19-related challenges in 2021 than in 2020,

Verklaar distrikte in die vloedgeteisterde Wes-Vrystaat tot rampgebiede. Persvrystelling Dit is die pleidooi van Vrystaat Landbou (VL) en TLU SA nadat dit bevind is dat meer as 60% van gesaaides in dié streek deur erge vloedskade bedreig word. TLU SA: skade noop deeglike bestekopname Volgens Bennie van Zyl, hoofbestuurder van

Erge hael en reën op 4 Januarie in die Hoopstad/Hertzogville-gebied het duisende hektaar se graan vernietig. Hoewel daar nog nie amptelike skadebepalings gedoen is nie, het boere en ander rolspelers in die landbou bereken dat tot 15 000ha se mielies, sojabone en sonneblom binne ’n uur deur die hael en

Die WL-reeks lusernkultivars word eksklusief deur Limagrain Zaad SA bemark. Limagrain Zaad SA Hierdie kultivars kan danksy streng seleksie tydens die telingsproses as HQ-kultivars geklassifiseer word. HQ-kwaliteitstandaarde vereis relatiewe hoë proteïen- en lae ADF- en NDF-vlakke, wat uiteindelik top kwaliteit ruvoer beteken. Twee WL-kultivars wat wel aan HQ-kwaliteitstandaarde voldoen is

Verlede jaar het sprinkane die Noord-Kaap met mag en mening getref. Gelukkig het die sprinkaanbeamptes en die Departement van Landbou, Grondhervorming en Landelike Ontwikkeling vinnig gereageer en die grootste probleem is voorkom. Dit was egter net ’n wekroep en laat verlede jaar, nadat die eerste lentereën geval het, het die

Overall tractor sales in 2021 were 26% up on 2020, with combine harvester sales almost 45% more than units sold in 2020. Press Release Retail sales of agricultural equipment during December 2021 were as follows: December last year. Overall tractor sales in 2021 were 26% up on 2020. Combine harvester

Sheep need to be dipped to prevent the spread of lice, scab and other economically important ectoparasites All sheep on the farm should be dipped. This includes lambs, which can become infested with lice while drying off after birth. Make sure that the dipping fluid is suited for the intended