Our dedicated team worked day after day preparing the seed plots for our range of varieties. Prepping the soil, irrigation and disease control all in order f...

Maize compromises a significant proportion of diets amongst people in Southern Africa. Annual consumption rates are in the order of 100 kg/person. Although m...

Excellent silage or grain crop Our farmer Andre’ Kock in Vryburg planted variety CAP122-60 and harvested 65 tons of silage, which is about 18 tons more than ...

Why grow cover crops? The answer is simple: Although the cover crop does not produce a marketable product, its benefits for the succeeding crops are a good r...

Seed Industry may continue to operate. Good day to all our valued employees, co-operatives and farmers. After President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech on Monday n...

“CAP9001 dries off slower than other varieties which is ideal, as I prefer the silage to be slightly green when I harvest”, says Mingay. He also finds his ca...

The Capstone Seeds team work tirelessly in order to bring you, our customers, the highest quality, highest performing products possible and we want to show t...

Cover crops provide multiple potential benefits to soil health and crops. Improves soil fertility and structure, adds nutrients and organic matter, Improves ...

STOOLING RYE OVERVIEW Stooling rye is a tufted annual grass species that can grow as tall as 1,5 m. Rye has an extensive, fibrous root system that may go as ...

All round performer CAP 9021 is a high yielding hybrid which performs well in high potential regions. This hybrid has done well as a silage variety. It has ...

PEARL MILLET - SPEEDFEED and SPEEDFEED SUPER SPEEDFEED can be planted in December. SPEEDFEED is good herbage for dairy cattle, growing calves and horses. The...

DIPLOID VS TETRAPLOID Diploid ryegrasses have two sets of chromosomes per cell, compared to a tetraploid which has four. Diploids combine yield and robustnes...

24SEVEN DIPLOID PERENNIAL RYEGRASS STANDS OUT 24SEVEN was planted in George, Western Cape trials on 10 March 2017 and the the trial is continuing. 24SEVEN is...

The Capstone Seeds team is eagerly getting ready for the NAMPO Harvest day 2018. We work tirelessly in order to bring you, our customers, the highest quality...

Glycine max, more commonly known as soybean or soya bean, is a legume species that is native to East Asia. It is known for its use in both human and animal f...

When making the choice to plant soybeans there are crucial elements to take heed of. Capstone Seeds has put together some of that information here to make th...

Boere in die Natalse Middellande is vanjaar aangenaam verras met die uitstekende prestasie van Capstone se CAP 9021 wit bastermielie.

Recently our sales agent reported back to us that one of the farmers he supplied in his region of the South, West and Eastern Cape had had huge success with ...

Capstone Seeds is committed to helping with the development of African agriculture. We recently teamed up with the Peacock Seeds in Malawi and provided them w...

Optimum-planting time for forage oats is from late March to Early April. Planting too early or too late can reduce forage yield. The recommended planting rat...