PEST CONTROL

Multiknit has the best for your crops: Leave the pests for the rest…

There is nothing as frustrating as knowing you have a lovely, girthy potato, or a succulent, juicy tomato growing in your garden, only to realise that pests have beaten you to the eating...

Innovation

2 Jul 2024 · 3 min read

Banana production in Africa part 4: Controlling weeds and pest control

Controlling weeds and pests in banana production is essential to ensure healthy growth and maximise yields. Here are some methods for weed and pest control: Weed Control: Manu...

Crops

26 Apr 2024 · 3 min read

Drones deliver predator bugs for sustainable pest control at Vergelegen

High tech is being combined with ancient natural remedies at one of South Africa’s best-known wine farms, where buzzing benefactors are helping to keep the vineyards pest-free. Ve...

Crops

11 Mar 2024 · 6 min read

Knittex nets withstand the test of time

Arno Vlok grows table grapes and stone fruit in outside Riebeeck-Kasteel near Malmesbury in the Western Cape. For the past 23 years he has been relying on Knittex nets to provide protect...

Innovation

4 Oct 2023 · 5 min read

Bayer shapes the future of agriculture through innovative products

Improving production and profits while minimising expense and effort is every farmer’s goal. Bayer understands this and continuously develops products that will enable a farmer to achi...

Crops

30 Aug 2022 · 5 min read

Crop production guide in Namibia Part 11: Pest management

Avital part of crop production is pest control. However, pesticides should be used responsibly to prevent harming farmers, workers, consumers, and the environment. Guidelines for action...

Crops

21 Jul 2022 · 7 min read