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2024 Bayer Seed Potato Grower: Here are the finalists!
Celebrating a job well done is one of life’s most rewarding aspects. The achievement of the finalists in the Bayer Seed Potato Grower of the Year Award is even more…
Read MoreWater quality concerns and contingencies
Time spent in the field this irrigation season has alerted the Netafim field team to the extremely poor and worsening quality of available irrigation water in certain areas. According to…
Read MoreLimpopo-kultivarproef onder besproeiing by Dendron in 2023
Limpopo is ’n groot aartappelproduksiestreek waar ongeveer 25% van die land se totale kommersiële aartappels deur 103 produsente geproduseer word. Die mees prominente kultivars wat in die streek geproduseer word…
Read MoreGypsum and calcium: Solutions to sodic soils
Soil sodicity (swartbrakgrond) refers to a condition in which soil contains excessive levels of sodium. This condition can adversely affect soil health and crop production. The accumulation of sodium in…
Read MoreTuber telegraph: The challenging world of the potato producer
The potato industry has been a landscape of innovation and adaptation as stakeholders across the globe respond to a wide array of trends and pressures. From the encroaching effects of…
Read MoreCHIPS (May / June 2024)
Please find the latest articles for the May/June 2024 edition of the CHIPS Magazine. Topical • Aktueel / Regulatories • Regulatory7 2024 Bayer Seed Potato Grower finalists12 Só klim Overyssel…
Read MoreSandveldboere bespreek aartappelsake
Die Sandveld Aartappelkwekersorganisasie (SAKO) se algemene jaarvergadering is in Mei vanjaar by die Riviera Hotel in Velddrif aangebied. Die lewering van aartappels op varsproduktemarkte, die bestuur van ondergrondse water in…
Read MoreBuitelandse beleggings en belasting
Die meeste nuwe kliënte wat ek ontmoet se buitelandse beleggings is goed gestruktureer en weldeurdag. Soms is daar egter individue wat geld uit die land geneem het en hul eie…
Read More’n Ondersoek na die gebruik van dekgewasse as groenbemesting teen Verticillium-verwelk van aartappels
Verskeie gewasse is reeds ondersoek as groenbemesting vir die beheer van grondgedraagde siektes in kommersiële aartappellande. Daar is verskillende meganismes betrokke by die verlaging van grondgedraagde patogene deur die implementering…
Read MoreResearch into the use of cover crops as green manure to combat Verticillium wilt in potato plants
Various crops have been studied for their use as green manure to combat soilborne diseases in commercial potato fields. The implementation of green manure crops involves different mechanisms that contribute…
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