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African Farming, 1 Nov 2023

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Top farming advice and tips, farming system, plans, financial advice, useful products and services.

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ArticleAdvice: 7 things the world’s best maize farm­ers do for top yields

The newly cal­cu­lated yield poten­tial for dry­land maize pro­duc­tion is 18,9 t/ha – and this is not reserved only for a select group of Amer­ican record hold­ers. A respec­ted US expert explains how farm­ers world­wide can achieve these yields...

Advice: 7 things the world’s best maize farm­ers do for top yields

ArticleAdvice: How to help your cattle cope dur­ing the hot sum­mer ahead

The record tem­per­at­ures in Europe indic­ate a cli­mate crisis that could spill over to South Africa this sum­mer, warns agri­cul­tural weather expert Johan van den Berg. Europe exper­i­enced the hot­test July since records began in 1850, and it may...

Advice: How to help your cattle cope dur­ing the hot sum­mer ahead

ArticleAdvice: Everything you need to know about rais­ing goats

The goat pop­u­la­tion is increas­ing world­wide and is gain­ing pop­ular­ity in Europe due to its lean meat, the annual con­gress of the Rumin­ant Veter­in­ary Asso­ci­ation of South Africa (Ruvasa) was recently told. Ariena Shep­herd, a KwaZulu-Natal...

Advice: Everything you need to know about rais­ing goats

ArticleFarm­ers’ plans: The best farmer solu­tions at Nampo Har­vest Day 2023

SCHOOLS SECTION WINNER EASY CLOSING OF WIRE GATES Nine-year-old David de Wet, a pupil at JJ van der Merwe Primary School in Ermelo, stood out with his Hek­meester device. The Hek­meester (“gate­m­as­ter”) attaches to a corner post next to a wire-fence...

Farm­ers’ plans: The best farmer solu­tions at Nampo Har­vest Day 2023