Conservation agriculture

Feeding Sericea hay to weaned lambs and other livestock during winter can make all the difference to your bottom line.

Call it ‘smart man’s lucerne’ – if you get it in at the right time and control weeds, there’s no looking back.

Commercial interests often clash with conservation, but as KwaZulu-Natal farming couple Irvin Pascal and Nomalanga Mosala have shown, these two aspects certainly do not need to be mutually exclusive. Richard Compton reports.

Albrecht soil science is the surest way to growing high-quality, low-cost-pastures, says John Fair.

Mike Burgess reports on how man’s energy hunger could spell doom of one of our most iconic bird species – the Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) – despite attempts to lessen the threat.

Biological farming is the solution to the crisis of ever-spiralling production costs, writes John Fair.

Those who seek to discredit the Albrecht system by referring to the ‘calcium:magnesium ratio myth’ are right, but not in the way they think.

How to form a conservancy to ensure the future sustainability of your land.

One of the greatest mistakes scientists make when criticising the Albrecht system is judging it according to their own set of soil rules.

Stressing the all-important role that the plant/soil ecosystem plays puts the Albrecht system ahead of other approaches to soil fertility.

The Albrecht system of liming ensures optimum soil pH and the correct level of all-important calcium.

Why the recent wage increases will negatively impact the SA economy as a whole, and why the government needs a lesson in economics.