Plant Health

By Charl van Rooyen A new maize disease, Goss bacterial wilt and leaf blight, has hit the South African maize...

Haymaking is becoming increasingly important to farmers and the Balfour Hay Day on 16 January wants to help them produce...

Weed control is a high-risk, and often complicated, activity. When developing a weed control strategy, there are several important aspects...

Regenerative agriculture is gaining traction as a means to improve food production and economic sustainability while rebuilding degraded land. However,...

A cutting-edge crop technology that converts a potent greenhouse gas pollutant into crop-friendly nitrates is putting a new spin on...

Help is on the horizon for soybean smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, with the ramping up of an Early Warning...

Sunflower is one of the summer crops that is least sensitive to planting dates. It can be planted earlier or...

What happens when you mix a group of maverick scientists, regenerative farmers, and their neighbours who farm in the conventional...

The detection and mapping of weeds in grain fields and the ability to predict where weed problems may occur next...

In the latest episode of African Farming, Dr Annabella Baloyi, technical product lead from Syngenta, offered advice on why it...