APV and Pöttinger: Establish grazing quickly and economically
The right machine for the job to be done – this is every farmer’s wish. On Erich Hillermann’s sugarcane farm just outside Pietermaritzburg, careful research is done before a machine...
Farm smart and earn money with vegetables
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With low profit margins, day-to-day prices and an extremely competitive market, vegetable farmers cannot afford to make mistakes. They have to farm smart! Fortunately, they also no longer have to...
Pöttinger’s Novacat X8 cuts clean and wide
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When the lucerne has to be cut and the weather is right, there is no time for games on the Van Niekerks’ farm just outside Brits, on the Thabazimbi road....
Valtra is the sensible tractor choice: Keep ownership costs low and performance high
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What do you get for your money? This is what every farmer wants to know when acquiring technology. You can buy a cheap tractor, but the delights of the low...
Dec
09
2015
Farmers are buying slightly fewer tractors; much less harvesters
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To date, farmers have bought 8.5% fewer tractors for the year to date than at the corresponding time last year, but 40.4% fewer harvesters, says Mr Wynn Dedwith, chairman of...
Valtrac’s heavy-duty warhorses gnaw away a forest
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Almost right is not good enough to satisfy the mechanization needs of today’s farmer. Farming is becoming more and more challenging and specialized, and therefore the farmer must have technology...
Oct
09
2015
Knowledge is profit: Farmers flock to Alzu’s Silage and Hay Day
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Good feed is a prerequisite for animal production and the making of hay and silage is an art that is supplemented every year with even more new knowledge. A company...
Oct
07
2015
Create the most cuddly seedbed… With the powerful Tatu
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When the planting time comes, the grain farmer must be ready to entrust his expensive seed to the good soil. His seedbed must be loose, fine and even to give...
Sep
09
2015
Walk wide eye through NAMPO
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This article is packed with news about exciting technology that will be on display at Bothaville again this year. We can not predict everything, but be on the lookout for...
Valtrac says the Pecus carves silage like no other
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Welcome rains in parts of the country enable farmers to make plans to feed their animals through the coming winter. One of those plans is silage, which in any case...