Soils

Managing Pests and Diseases: The Crop Rotation Solution

Crop rotation is a practice used in agriculture which involves the deliberate and sequential planting of different crops in the same area at other times of the year.

Overberg media trip: stabilising soil structures (part 5)

In this country, soil erosion is a crucial concern (Le Roux & Smith, 2014), and so I was particularly interested to view the ORCT’s work in this regard.

Introduction Healthy soils produce life. It is no surprise that in the creation epic recorded in the book of Genesis, it is from the soil that Adam is created. It is the soil which determines which crop will be planted, and what livestock is supported. What we do with our soil determines how our ecosystems […]