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12 June 2025 | Onions
Northern Cape Onion Region – Starke Ayres Range
The Northern Cape onion production area of South Africa is an important and integral part of the onion supply chain. Sta... Read More on this
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19 September 2024 | Tomato
New dawn seedling services: A Shining success in the Copperbelt
New Dawn Seedling Services is a flourishing seedling growing enterprise based in Luanshya, a town in Zambia’s Copperbelt... Read More on this
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29 August 2024 | Namibia
Irati for late sowing in Namibia
Namibia produces a significant quantity of short-day onions but is unable to plant longer-day-length varieties due ... Read More on this
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22 August 2024 | Onions
Brits Onion News – Tusker the young bull on the block
Although Brits in the North-West province of South Africa may not be the biggest onion-producing region of the country, ... Read More on this
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12 August 2024 | Onions
Tacana Onion achieves in Namibia
Namibia is a vast country, and onions are produced from North to South. The wide range of latitudes, soils and climatic ... Read More on this
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8 May 2024 | Tomato
Agricultural excellence at the 95th Agricultural and Commercial Show
The Agricultural and Commercial Show in Zambia is a forum where agricultural innovations and techniques are displayed to... Read More on this
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12 December 2023 | Onions
The value of patience in improving onion yields and quality
Over the past onion production cycle in the Northern Cape region of South Africa, trials were carried out on the effect ... Read More on this
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22 November 2023 | Onions
Pros and cons of onion production in Zambia
Onions are essential in countless kitchens worldwide, and many Zambian growers consider planting the crop. As with any a... Read More on this
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8 August 2023 | Onions
Reflecting on two contrasting onion seasons
What a difference a year makes. Rarely, if ever, have two consecutive onion seasons in the northern regions of South Afr... Read More on this
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12 June 2023 | Onions
Aldina onion achieves impressive yields in Koue Bokkeveld, Sandveld
Aldina* is a new medium-early, intermediate F1 hybrid onion variety from Starke Ayres, which again set high expectations... Read More on this
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18 April 2023 | Onions
New bunching onion variety Velocity promises good returns
Starke Ayres has released Velocity, a new bunching onion variety. Velocity has been widely trialled as OB 092 and will b... Read More on this
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22 November 2022 | Onions
Irati onion has the bit between its teeth in Zimbabwe
With Irati’s huge potential yields, limiting factors will not be in the growing but in the harvesting, storage and marke... Read More on this
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15 November 2022 | Onions
Quality onions for the local market all year round: challenges and opportunities for Zambian farmers
The traditional onion planting season in Zambia for commercial hybrids is between the end of February and the end&n... Read More on this
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15 August 2022 | Onions
Onion Dominator popular in Loitokitok, Kenya
Dominator has become very popular owing to its higher resistance to purple blotch which is a very common onion dise... Read More on this
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8 August 2022 | Onions
Onion Yakuti making an impact in Pandamatenga
Farmer Louis Mulder of Pandamenga, Botswana, was allotted 250 000 onion Yakuti seeds as a trial and planted them on 15 J... Read More on this
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2 August 2022 | Onions
Botswana: proprietary onion varieties continue to excel
At Silver Horizons in Botswana’s Ghanzi District, Irati has been planted over the past few seasons with great success.... Read More on this
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25 July 2022 | Onions
Onion Veronica is a competitive product in Namibian sellers' market
Veronica was planted in northeastern Namibia (approximately 30km from Grootfontein) alongside other Starke Ayres and opp... Read More on this
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19 July 2022 | Onions
Good yields achieved with onion Askari in Namibia
Starke Ayres’ Onion Askari was planted in many parts of Namibia the past season among other Starke Ayres and opposition ... Read More on this
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16 May 2022 | Onions
Proprietary onions for the South African market - Northern Cape and Free State
The proprietary onion range has also been widely tested in the central production regions recently.... Read More on this
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10 May 2022 | Onions
Proprietary onions for the South African market - Brits
In the Brits area of the North West province, Kitara and Tusker have been extensively trialled.... Read More on this
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4 May 2022 | Onions
Proprietary onions for the South African market: Western Bosveld
Over recent seasons, growers in the Western Bosveld region of Limpopo have been introduced to some of the new proprietar... Read More on this
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25 April 2022 | Onions
Starke Ayres Onions: Power in Proprietaries
The launch of the Starke Ayres proprietary onion range in South Africa has been long-awaited and justifiably so.... Read More on this
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14 April 2021 | Onions
Excellent year for Starke Ayres main season onions in the Bosveld
The 2020 onion season in the Western Bosveld region of Limpopo saw some exceptionally good results from STARKE AYRES oni... Read More on this
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3 March 2021 | Onions