• Say “Tata!” to Tuta

  September 29, 2023

  extra alert if this moth decides to visit your greenhouse or farm. In order to tackle this pest effectively, it is essential to keep the following things in [...] also help you to effectively control the pest. The males are lured into the trap, after which they stick to an adhesive surface allowing you to count them [...] Say “Tata!” to Tuta Important facts about Tuta absoluta The tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta, which originates from South America, has been popping up

• Laeveld_Agrochem_GROEI_20_-_Winter_2022.pdf

  Sugar Leaf Analysis 6.0 5.0 Max. Optimum Level Cu 0.4 Min. Optimum Level 5.24 0.83 6.07 4.94 0.75 5.7 4.43 0.77 5.2 3.5 0.45 3.95 3.48 0.48 3.96 [...] partners, intends to employ Niche Farmers as a powerful channel to reach out to them on an unprecedented mass scale, from the lower to the upper LSMs, on [...] This data is then used to produce quantity and fruit yield maps. Recorded data is used to produce fruit yield maps. FROM DATA TO PROFITABILITY. This valuable

• 2023 trial season proves value of biological solutions in outdoor crops

  February 22, 2024

  hectare to learn what biological crop protection can do for them. Throughout the year, they followed our protocols for a range of products, from biofungicides [...] biofungicides to natural enemies. And at each stage of the crop’s development, growers had the opportunity to observe firsthand the effects of our products on [...] continued to prove its worth, explains Felipe. In the end, the occurrence of Rhizoctonia in fields treated with Trianum was just 9.4% compared to 19.2% in

• Happy Women’s Day!

  August 8, 2022

  women in South Africa to work within a space that was traditionally more a male working environment? “You have to be willing to take risks, educate yourself [...] female farmers, we also need to celebrate the network of women working within agriculture that support and equip these farmers to do the wonderful work they [...] country to help them become Partners with Nature. Today, we celebrate you, ladies! “Education, if it means anything, should not take people away from the land

• Leading farmers in climate-smart horticulture

  October 18, 2022

  knowledge and technology throughout the horticultural value chain: from seed to market, to aim to develop, together with South African farmers, a business case [...] in partnership with Stellenbosch University, we feel privileged to be working together to lead farmers in climate-smart horticulture. The HortiDemoCentre [...] towards technologies by linking them to the sustainable farming aspects that are needed for future farming. • Contribute to food security by increasing the

• The importance of women in Agriculture

  August 15, 2022

  potential to address food insecurity.” With this insight, it is important to look to the future of what jobs may look like for women wanting to build a career [...] she emphasises that you do not have to compromise your femininity to be successful in agriculture. You do not have to be like a man, but rather work with [...] right skills and training. Laurika du Bois is just the person to talk to when it comes to skills and training. Having grown up on a farm herself, she now

• Thrips Identification Guide

  Damage Host plants Females 1.2 mm long, males 1 mm. Variable in colour, from yellow to dark brown. 8 antennal segments. Long setae below the compound eyes [...] Yellow brown to black in colour. Head longer than width with clear red eyes. 8 antennal segments. Last segment tube-shaped. Adults migrate to terminal leaves [...] generation develop within a single gall. Adults exit galls and migrate to new terminal leaves to begin a new generation. The life cycle takes about 30 days. Thrips