Index
So here’s the start – I have only managed to dissect and insert the 12 latest articles. There are still about 25 mote to go through, so you can appreciate how well ‘stocked’ this index will be when it’s done! I really wanted to deliver a complete product but it is SOOO time-consuming and I have quite literally run out of year. Most corporates shut down today (14 Dec) and I am desperate to get your article to you …
This Index is going to be invaluable for farmers looking to access specific information quickly. It is conveniently and simply laid out. Quick links to the relevant article or company website will take the user to the information they’re after.
I’ll continue populating the Index with all published information and then it will be updated again every time a new article is published so this is a dynamic and ever-growing resource for your farming topics.
You can click straight through to the relevant article – just hover your mouse over the name of the article and click – Voila!
ADMINISTRATION
Advice – Grant Taylor
Specific software – Jono Saville, Kurt Stock
CLIMATE
Drought experience – Johnstones
CUTTING CYCLES
12 months – Johnstones, Lourens Agri, Mike Lurie, Hanumans
12,5 months – Grant Taylor
12 to 14 months – Meintjies
13 to 13,5 months – Jono Saville, Kurt Stock
14 months – Roy Sharma
15 to 18 months – Goble Estates
DIVERSIFICATION
Avos – Goble Estates
Bananas – Jono Saville, Grant Taylor, Lourens Agri, Goble Estates
Business – Kurt Stock
Cattle – Johnstones, Jono Saville, Kurt Stock
Citrus – Grant Taylor, Lourens Agri
Contracting – Johnstones, Kurt Stock
Dragon Fruit – Kurt Stock, Lourens Agri
Game – Jono Saville, Kurt Stock
Litchi – Grant Taylor, Lourens Agri
Macadamias – Johnstones, Roy Sharma, Grant Taylor, Goble Estates, DEDICATED ARTICLE
Maize seed – Kurt Stock
Mango – Grant Taylor, Lourens Agri
Papino – Grant Taylor
Sheep – Jono Saville, Johnstones
Veg – Kurt Stock, Grant Taylor
EDUCATION
Advice – Kurt Stock
Australia – Kurt Stock
Lowveld Agricultural College – Johnstones, Kurt Stock
Royal Agricultural College – Grant Taylor, Lourens Agri
FARMERS INTERVIEWED
Gledhow – Goble Estates, Hanumans
Komati – Grant Taylor, Lourens Agri
Maidstone – Roy Sharma
Malelane – Mike Lurie
Pongola – Johnstones, Jono Saville, Kurt Stock, Meintjies
FERTILISERS
GENERAL DISCUSSION – Mike Lurie
Application (multiple) – Kurt Stock, Goble Estates
Application (split) – Johnstones, Kurt Stock, Grant Taylor, Goble Estates
Application (hand) – Jono Saville
CMS / Mila – Kurt Stock, Hanumans
Chicken litter – Goble Estates
KCL – Meintjies, Goble Estates
Kraal manure – Kurt Stock, Meintjies, Grant Taylor
LAN – Goble Estates
MAP – Johnstones, Meintjies, Jono Saville
Organic – Johnstones, Kurt Stock, Mike Lurie
Phosphorous – Kurt Stock,
Potassium – Johnstones
Timing – Jono Saville
Urea – Johnstones, Meintjies
Variety – Kurt Stock
HARVESTING
Burning (double) – Meintjies
Burning (evenings) – Johnstones
Contract in – Kurt Stock, Grant Taylor, Lourens Agri
Cut & Stack – Roy Sharma, Goble Estates
Green – Goble Estates
Mechanical – Johnstones, Kurt Stock, Lourens Agri
Methods – LOADING ARTICLE
Soil damage – Roy Sharma
Trash management – Kurt Stock
IRRIGATION (All Pongola, Komati and Malelane Farmers)
Advice – Grant Taylor
Bivane Dam – Meintjies
Centre pivots – Johnstones, Kurt Stock, Meintjies, Lourens Agri
Drip (surface) – Kurt Stock, Meintjies, Grant Taylor, Mike Lurie
Drip (sub-surface) – Lourens Agri
Flood – Johnstones, Meintjies
Semi-permanents – Lourens Agri, Mike Lurie
Probes – Jono Saville, Kurt Stock, Lourens Agri
LABOUR
Advice – Kurt Stock, Grant Taylor, Goble Estates
LAND PREPARATION
Disking – Johnstones
Maximum tillage / fine seed beds – Meintjies
Ploughing – Johnstones
Ripping – Johnstones, Jono Saville, Meintjies
LOADING
Transport Trucks in-field – Johnstones, Kurt Stock, Meintjies, Lourens Agri
Trailers in-field – Jono Saville
Cranes – Roy Sharma
Slewing excavators – Lourens Agri, Grant Taylor
Slewing loaders – Goble Estates
PESTS AND DISEASES
Aphids – Roy Sharma,
Applicators – Roy Sharma, Goble Estates
Eldana – Kurt Stock, Roy Sharma, Goble Estates
Pineapple Disease – Kurt Stock
Rust – Roy Sharma
Smut – Kurt Stock
PLANTING
Closing tool – Meintjies
Circles – Hanumans
RIPENING
Johnstones, Lourens Agri, Jono Saville, Mike Lurie, Meintjies, Hanumans, Roy Sharma, Goble Estates,
Interesting Applicators – Roy Sharma
ROTATION CROPS / FALLOWING
Arable Rotation – Grant Taylor
Black Oats – Kurt Stock
Cotton – Johnstones
Fallowing – Goble Estates
Green madumbis – Goble Estates
Maize seed – Mike Lurie,
NO Rotation – Meintjies
Sugar beans – Johnstones
Sunflowers – Mike Lurie
Tillage Radish – Roy Sharma
Veggies – Kurt Stock, Roy Sharma
Winter Oats – Roy Sharma
SOILS
Analysis – Kurt Stock
Compaction – LOADING ARTICLE
Flocculation – Jono Saville
Health – Johnstones, Kurt Stock, Roy Sharma, Goble Estates
TECHNOLOGY
Drones – Goble Estates
Diesel made from plastic – Hanumans
Trash separation plant – Lourens Agri
INTERESTING TOPICS
RV vs Yield – Where’s the balance? – Johnstones
Sharecropping – Roy Sharma
VARIETIES
Advice on Selection – Kurt Stock
N19 – Grant Taylor
N23 – Johnstones, Jono Saville,
N25 – Grant Taylor, Kurt Stock
N29 – Goble Estates
N31 – Goble Estates, Roy Sharma
N36 – Grant Taylor, Johnstones, Jono Saville, Kurt Stock, Meintjies, Lourens Agri, Mike Lurie
N39 – Goble Estates, Hanumans
N40 – Mike Lurie
N41 – Johnstones, Meintjies
N46 – Grant Taylor, Kurt Stock, Meintjies, Jono Saville
N48 – Goble Estates, Roy Sharma
N49 – Mike Lurie
N51 – Goble Estates, Roy Sharma
N52 – Goble Estates, Roy Sharma
N53 – Grant Taylor, Johnstones, Kurt Stock, Meintjies
N54 – Goble Estates
N55 – Goble Estates, Roy Sharma
N57 – Grant Taylor, Johnstones, Jono Saville, Meintjies, Lourens Agri
N58 – Goble Estates, Hanumans
N59 – Goble Estates, Hanumans
N376 – Roy Sharma
VEHICLES
Fleet management Systems – Goble Estates
WEEDS
Chemical resistance – Kurt Stock
Kweek – Johnstones
Herbicide recipes – Jono Saville
Herbicide Applicators – Jono Saville
Parthenium – Jono Saville
Pointing to soil conditions – Grant Taylor
