A pig with a cough is not a happy creature. Anything that causes irritation to the respiratory tract of your pigs can cause them to cough. Viral, bacterial or parasitic respiratory infections are the main causes of most coughs. But, non-infectious irritants such as inhaled dust, poor air quality or allergies can also coughing.
Tips for correctly fertilising onions
If you think growing onions is easy and straightforward, you will end up with a failed crop. Fertilising onions or any vegetables for that matter, is not like baking a cake, where you can get a consistent result. You have to deal with different soils and also take into account the fertility of that soil.
Tips For Growing Spinach
When growing spinach (Spinacia oleracea), the trick lies in making it last as long as possible. It has similar growing conditions as lettuce, but is more versatile in both its ability to be eaten cooked or raw and its nutrition. It is rich in calcium, iron and vitamins A, B, and C, and a great healthy food loaded with antioxidants providing many health benefits.
How to stop rodents from eating your potatoes
If you grow potatoes in the ground, you could find yourself facing damage from mice every now and then. These little animals love to dig through soil in search of potato tubers. And when they find one, they eat it until they’re satisfied. This can lead to serious losses as your potatoes will have either a few bite marks or half of the them missing.
A beginners guide to growing sunflowers
You may have driven past a field of sunflowers and wondered why people grow them. Well, they are a very marketable crop. And, believe you me, there’s no secret technique to growing sunflowers. All it really takes is sowing a seed. The sunflower buds then follows the sun as it treks across the sky each day until it blooms. Apart from growing a cheerful flower, there are also other benefits to growing sunflowers.
Five Important Things You Should Know About Pigs
Yes, a pig has four toes on each foot but only walks on two. But, that’s not what I want to talk about. If there’s anything I love as much as raising pigs, it’s getting others hooked on raising pigs. And, that’s the aim of this article.
Why you need a business plan as an emerging farmer
Most people look at a business plan as a fund-raising tool. However, it’s much more than that. A good business plan provides a clear strategy and objectives, and helps everyone involved in the farming operation to stay productive and focused. You can use it to monitor progress, hold yourself accountable and control the business’s fate. Your agricultural business’s fate.
How to grow big onions
When most people see big onions, they can never imagine growing them like that in a thousand years. This is because onion plants often fail to produce the large firm bulbs and are susceptible to a host of diseases. However, following a few simple tips can make a big difference in your harvest.
Know Your Enemy: Common Pests And Remedies – Army Worm
An army worm is a green-striped caterpillar larvae of the adult army worm moth. It’s called army worm because it travels in small armies with other worms. They destroy every crop in their path. Therefore, it’s important to know about them for control measures to be effective. The army worm is common pest of grass, but can also eat maize, beans, millet and other grains.
Eight tips for growing potatoes
Whether you’re looking to plant something new or you just want a better harvest, here are some useful tips for growing potatoes.