El Niño
As El Niño strengthens, PAST warns climate change is accelerating Earth’s sixth extinction
Deep-time fossil records reveal a narrow, three-generation window to address the escalating climate crisis. Humanity has three generations at most to mitigate the accelerating impacts of Earth’s sixth mass extinction. This is the stark assessment issued by PAST (Palaeontological Scientific Trust), linking current climate disruptions, such as severe El[...]
Agri Trends: El Nino weather led to white maize production cuts in Southern Africa
Maize: As the Southern Hemisphere corn production season draws to a close, the market focus shifted to production prospects for the 2024/25 Northern Hemisphere production season which commenced in April. Given the El Nino weather effects, the South American production season is expected to end better than initially anticipated[...]
Farmers in Zimbabwe warned: Change your ways! El Niño on its way
Zimbabwe's weather services have warned farmers to adjust traditional farming cycles, fearing a drought onslaught caused by an El Niño weather pattern. In an advisory early this month, the Zimbabwe National Climate Outlook Forum, which is coordinated by the environment and climate ministry, warned farmers ahead of the 2023/24[...]
Sojabone 2023/24-seisoen — Noordwes “El Niño”
deur Philip Fourie, landboukundige, Pioneer Die afgelope dekade het die westelike somersaaigebied deur ՚n gedaanteverwisseling gegaan met die verbouing van sojabone. Dié gewas wat eens as onaangepas beskou is het gegroei tot ՚n volwaardige, winsgewende gewas in die weste. Vanwaar ՚n klein groepie boere in 2010 in ՚n skuur[...]
La Nina toestande ontwikkel nou
Deur Johan van den Berg, Santam Landbou Die La Nina ontwikkeling is nou besig om plaas te vind en dit sal hopelik die toestande vir somerreënval verbeter. Toestande vir later in die seisoen bly steeds gunstig vir die Somerreënvalgebied. Huidige toestande Somergraanproduksietoestande het verswak in November as gevolg van[...]