Smuts finger grass makes a comeback
May 06, 2022
3 minutes
According to the North West producer featured in this article, Smuts finger grass increased his farm’s carrying capacity tenfold.
Smuts finger grass (Digitaria eriantha), planted on exhausted lands and the stony slopes and gravelly ridges of hills, has increased tenfold the carrying capacity of the beef farm Wagkraal, owned by Rubin Redelinghuys, who farms in the Potchefstroom district of North West.
Although results of government trials to measure the stocking
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