Andries du Toit has been farming on the family farm Horologe Krants in the Rawsonville area since 1986.He decided to establish citrus in 1997, due to the low profitability of wine grapes. In 1998 he ...
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The Bauchi State government has released the sum of US $788,436 to the State Agricultural Supply Company (BASAC) as a revolving scheme for fertiliser blending and distribution to farmers in the ...
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These potato leaves display typical symptoms of early blight, which is caused by Alternaria solani. (photo: Francois van Deventer) By Francois van Deventer:Technical product expert, fungicides ...
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The sprayer has a ground clearance of 165 m and the beam can be raised to a height of 21 m or lowered to a mere 07 m “I wonder what my father and grandfather would have said if they had seen it,” ...
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There is a certain state of mind where someone is so sure something is true they consider all information as proof, and ignore everything that suggests otherwise. It’s how the majority of the ...
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CALLISTO® entered the herbicide market in 2001 as the industry’s first solo mesotrione product. Today, nearly 20 years later, it is still among the top-ranking choices of growers worldwide for weed ...
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Management of the invasive fall armyworm (FAW), scientifically known as Spodoptera frugiperda in Africa, requires the deployment of all tactics within the context of integrated pest management ...
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icipe releases wasp to control devastating tomato leafminer In a landmark move for tomato production in Africa, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) has released a ...
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The best response to a mycotoxin challenge includes repairing GI tract damage. No matter how or when a mycotoxin issue hits, the result for dairy cows is the same. Mycotoxins in feed damage the ...
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The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved the participation of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) (www.AfDB.org/en/affm) in a $4 million partial trade credit guarantee ...
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