37 YEARS AGO
1911
13 FEBRUARY 1987
2024
The results surprised this farmer, who is getting an extra ton a hectare and building up his soils fertility.
As a direct result of applying natural rock phosphate to his newly acquired maizelands, a Karkloof commercial-maize and fresh-milk farmer obtained an average of 1t/ha more grain than previously. Andrew Lund of the farm Triandra in KwaZulu-Natal bought an adjacent farm a while back, just in time for the 1985 planting season. These lands were planted