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Building a mega business through egg production
...helps buffer the business against times when prices for specific commodities are low, while production in different regions helps reduce production risks, such as the impact of drought or disease,...
Water cuts result in losses for Gamtoos Valley farmers
...a third of our herd due to the drought just to make a living. The past four years have been nerve-wracking, and having to cut [down] the herd again is...
SA groundnut production estimate for 2020 down 16%
The production estimates for groundnuts in South Africa for the 2020 season has been revised downward by more than 16% due to the drought experienced during the past year in...
Bean pests & soil diseases
...effective against this pest; if it becomes a problem, seek advice from your crop chemical representative. Fusarium A stress-related pathogen, Fusarium infects the plant during heat and drought stress, especially...
Why the world’s drylands need urgent protection
...in areas remote from public services and markets and dependent on marginal natural resource bases will be most vulnerable to food shortages. Land degradation and desertification, combined with drought, hunger...
Uncompromising standards pay off for Bonsmara farmer
...“In a good year, we don’t have to give them too much additional feed. But during the last two years, with the drought, we had to provide about 7 000...
Growing a pecan tree in your garden
...tree has a particularly deep root system, which makes it fairly drought- resistant once well established. Pecans prefer loamy soils, but are not confined to them. They perform better when...
Be wary of the lantana
...that are also resistant to drought, frost and veld fires. The best form of eradication is to chop the plant down and remove its roots. If this is not possible,...
Protecting South Africa’s trees from the shot hole borer
...and Swart believes there are numerous cases in which people may have attributed the death of their trees to other causes, such as drought. “All of the oak trees at...
The advantages of sweet thorn
...tannins. Magic mistletoe Another reason that farms with extensive sweet thorn growth are more drought- resistant is the fact that the trees host the parasitic mistletoe, commonly known as voëlent....
Farmer development needs new financing mechanism – Didiza
...She added that a body such as the Agricultural Credit Board would be able to provide better disaster or drought support. Another participant was Nono Sekhoto, former chairperson of the...
Bull growth testing suffers impact of COVID-19, FMD outbreak
...due to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, as well as the restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The drought conditions that have occurred over large parts of the...
