The picture shows Beetroot that was grown using only our pure organic fertilizer, and what amazing results! The Beetroot was grown on the OFMB Trial Farm in Gaborone.
Thank you to OFMB for sharing these amazing results!
Record results on trial farm.
Record results have been reached on a trial farm in Botswana with spring onions, beetroot and lettuce using only our pure organic fertilizer.
With the use of the pure organic granules, they increased their yearly yield and produced a totally organic produce that is not only healthier for the consumer, but also better for the farm and the environment!
Upcoming Event
The TFM team will be joining Agri-Gauteng at the Lavender Kontrei Mark from 22 till 24 September 2022.
Feel free to drop by and have a chat with us about how we can help you save your soil!
Our Organic Fertilizer officially launched in eSwatini.
The TFM team, in partnership with Kapital agencies, had a very successful launch of our organic fertilizer product in eSwatini this past month! Trial farms are currently being planted with our organic fertilizer to show the benefit of going organic. We are very excited to see the results from these trials farms in the near future and will share it in our upcoming newsletters.
We would like to thank the team at Kapital Agencies team for all their hard work to make this launch a success!
Industry news
Farmers could continue to produce high crop yields with far less use of artificial fertilisers if they adopted environmentally sustainable practices, an academic study has shown for the first time.
Techniques such as adding manure and compost to soils, growing nitrogen-fixing plants between crops, and cultivating a wide range of produce instead of sticking to the same crops, can all increase yields while protecting and improving the natural ecosystems of farms.
Adopting these practices would be enough to replace a substantial proportion of chemical fertiliser, the price of which has soared owing to high fuel prices and the war in Ukraine, the study found.
Chloe MacLaren, a plant ecologist at Rothamsted Research in the UK who is the lead author of the paper published on Monday in the peer review journal Nature Sustainability, said: “Reducing reliance on chemical fertilisers would help to buffer farmers and consumers against economic shocks, such as the current spike in fertiliser costs and consequent increase in food prices. Widespread uptake of these practices could also contribute to a more equitable global distribution of fertiliser.”
In the study, scientists analysed 30 long-running experiments on farms in Europe and Africa to assess how natural farming methods could improve yields.
They found that using sustainable farming techniques did not increase yields when used on top of high applications of fertiliser, on the scale normally used in farming, but produced the greatest yields when practised with the addition of some nitrogen to soils.
Each of the experiments analysed was running for more than nine yearsand all together the study covered data from more than 25,000 harvests of six crops: wheat, maize, oat, barley, sugar beet and potatoes. Following experiments over many years was essential, according to the researchers, as shorter periods can produce wayward results in particularly good or bad years.
Adding animal manure to the soil was found to boost yields more than plant-based compost or cuttings, while growing a range of crops helped to suppress weeds and diseases. Growing legumes such as beans and clover adds nitrogen to the soil, improving its fertility.
Advertisement
Fertiliser prices have more than tripled in some cases, owing in part to high fuel prices that were rising as the world recovered from the economic shock of Covid-19 but have been sent soaring by the war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are major manufacturers of artificial fertiliser so the conflict has also created supply shortages and raised prices even further.
These price increases have left farmers reeling and led to higher food prices for consumers. Many countries were already facing food problems having exhausted their reserves during the pandemic. Extreme weather driven by the climate crisis has brought heatwaves, droughts and floods to key regions across the world, causing further damage to harvests. Using far less chemical fertiliser still produces high crop yields, study finds | Farming | The Guardian
Comments