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 other varieties he had planted previously. “I will already be putting in my pre-season order” – says Andre. This varieties unique green colour leaves and excellent pest tolerant, makes it one of our top performers. This variety performs well under irrigation and dryland and it’s excellent usage for silage and grain an

Cover crops provide multiple potential benefits to soil health and crops. Improves soil fertility and structure, adds nutrients and organic matter, Improves soil aeration, increases water infiltration and holding capacity, reduces soil erosion from wind and water, increases soil biodiversity by stimulating the growth of beneficial microbes and other soil organisms, ideal for organic crop rotations and conventional systems. However, not all cover crop species provide the same

Capstone Seeds, an agricultural seed company supplying primarily hybrid and open pollinated maize seed as well as crop seeds such as sunflower, grain sorghum, dry beans and a wide range of pasture and fodder crop seeds, saw a recent swing towards biological farming. This led Capstone to develop a range of cover and green manure crops, to assist farmers in producing high yielding crops through cost effective smart solutions. Last year December, Capstone Seeds in association