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Late blight: fast & very destructive
Late blight in potatoes is caused by airborne spores of the Phytophthora infestans fungus. The disease manifests as irregular dark lesions on the stems and leaves and spreads quickly.
Maize outlook 2012/2013
World maize consumption is expected to increase by 31,9 million tons this season. Loffie Brandt of Absa AgriBusiness reports on these and other trends both locally and globally.
Turn grass into money
It makes no economic sense to produce poor quality hay.
100 years of memories
Oom Jacob Coetzee of Hartbeesfontein has watched agriculture develop over the course of the last century. Born in Cradock on 17 July 1912 he moved to the farm Mahemsvlei in the Klerksdorp district in the 1940s. He shared memories of his long farming career with Annelie Coleman.
Practical top dressing
Fertilising a maize crop after emergence.
More money from Merinos
Good clip preparation is vital, and opens up an opportunity to add value to the product before it leaves the farm, says Roelof Bezuidenhout.
150 000ha of Free State grazing lost to veld fires
More than 150 000ha of grazing land was destroyed by veld fires in the Free State during the weekend of 11 and 12 August 2012.
150 000ha of Free State grazing lost to veld fires
More than 150 000ha of grazing land was destroyed by veld fires in the Free State during the weekend of 11 and 12 August 2012.
Farming without frontiers
Justin Stirk of Goodwoods Bonsmaras in the Eastern Cape is one of a group of Bonsmara breeders who present the annual Frontier Bonsmara sale in Grahamstown. Heather Dugmore talks to him about his mixed farming enterprise.
The risks of nematodes in potatoes
Nematodes are often referred to as ‘eel-’ or ‘roundworms’ because they resemble the common earthworm, but these parasites belong to a different grouping or phylum.
El Niño back in the Pacific
The El Niño weather pattern is returning to the Pacific Ocean.
Maize stocks under pressure
Indications are that maize stocks will tighten towards the end of the season, leading to more maize imports and higher prices.
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