Image: Venessa Moodley (Supplied) As weather extremes become more frequent, the measure of a successful crop is increasingly not only what it can produce under ideal conditions, but how well it continues to perform when those conditions change. For producers, this is changing the way crop performance is managed. While genetics, crop nutrition and sound ...

On World Water Day this Sunday 22 March, the conversation often centres on conservation. In agriculture, however, conservation must go hand in hand with optimisation. Water is one of agriculture’s most precious inputs and one of its greatest risks when it becomes scarce. As seasons become more unpredictable and pressure on resources continue to build, ...