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DuPont Pioneer: It’s summer planting season
An exciting and rewarding planting season await farmers because DuPont Pioneer is ready with a complete plant package for this summer’s planting season. At NAMPO, Emile van den Berg, National Agricultural Manager, and his team informed the farmers thoroughly about the splendid cultivars grown with so much care over[...]
Monsanto opens Plant Health Pathology-Lab at Petit
Monsanto South Africa this week celebrated an important milestone with the opening of its state of the art Plant Health Pathology laboratory at its maize breeding and research facility at Petit, reinforcing the company’s commitment to bring better products to farmers. “Monsanto has always strived to provide the best possible[...]
All farmers can benefit from Monsanto technology
By Monsanto staff writer The extraordinary amount of research and development that go into modern crops is breathtaking. This includes laboratory work, breeding, seed multiplication, seed treatment and the right packing for the right farmer. On top of that, the process of registering one cultivar in a country can[...]
Meet K2 Seed’s wonder maize
"The quickest way to determine the quality and value of maize is to feed it to a dairy cow. What goes in this morning is converted into the quality and litres of milk she produces." This valuable advice comes from Fanie Yssel, Technical Manager: Agronomy of K2 Seed. When[...]
K2 Seed cuts risks with quick growing maize
Every time when we think the ultimate maize cultivar has been bred, a seed company launches a new, improved cultivar, enabling the farmer to continue with sustainable production. K2 Seed employs the best scientific breeding techniques available, and one of their breeding aims is to decrease the growing season[...]