A recent research breakthrough by Chinese scientists allows for a reduction of around 7 percent in the moisture content of maize kernels at maturity, facilitating mechanical harvesting and threshing.

Harvesting machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops lies idle in the yard as farmers wait for the rains to subdue before they embark on getting their crop from the farms. There ...

During this season of unrelenting rains, the traditional method of maize drying by spreading the grains on a polythene sheet to dry under the sun is not sustainable. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard] As days go ...

A switch to grain maize could be the answer for farmers with maize crops still standing because harvest has been hampered by wet ground conditions. This is according to Michael Carpenter, technical ...

Troubled by seasonal silage workers getting lost on long draws between field and clamp? Pottinger’s Harvest Assist app now has the solution, with navigation both to a field and back to the clamp via ...

A lack of sunshine during the summer has delayed this year's maize harvest dates, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy, as he offers his advice on this year's harvest. A lack of sunshine during ...