The cropping season has just ended and Sheila Zulu, Agronomist, and Farm solutions specialist at the MRFF compiled lessons learned from the just-ended cropping cycle at the MRFF.

Tackling Fall Army Worm at farm level and averting yield loss requires knowledge that addresses other crop production risks.

Compaction has many forms and causes. Knowing the types and how to avoid them can help prevent losses in yield and ROI.

Compaction comes in many forms with many causes, some natural due to interactions of soil type and weather, but most caused by choices in timing, cropping methods, traffic patterns, equipment types and settings used in fieldwork.

A healthy crop in field will yield good revenue for the farmer. But getting the crop off the field and to the market must happen at the optimum harvest time for best returns.

Planting season is fast approaching and farmers have to make crucial decisions on how to recover from last season’s double digit decline in crop harvests. Land preparation is where everything begins.

Several methods are available to help farmers protect their crops from weeds, diseases and pests, says Dr Benard Ngwene, the agricultural advisory manager for AGCO Africa.

You can own all the machinery in the world, but if each planted seed does not receive adequate nutrition to ensure the highest possible yield, you’re on a hiding to nothing.