Great canola yields begin with healthy soil
FAST FACTS
As part of his rotation system, Sakkie Rust has 2 100ha planted to wheat, 800ha to canola, and 500ha to mixed cover crops.
He achieves a 15% increase in wheat yield in the first year after canola.
In 2020, Rust was a winner in the Protein Research Foundation’s Canola Yield Competition with a yield of 2,16t/ha.
Sakkie Rust comes from a farming family in the Swartland, but he first ventured into a career in law and then launched a transport business before purchasing his first farm, located near Tulbagh, in 2001. Since then, this crop and livestock farmer has expanded his operations to 2 400ha of his own land, and another 1 450ha leased.
In 2020, Rust was a winner in the Protein Research Foundation’s Canola Yield Competition for realising an average yield of 2,16t/ha on 806ha.
Canola forms part of Rust’s three-year rotation
