CHIPS
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You can now receive the latest issue of CHIPS via WhatsApp or email. Potatoes SA’s publisher, Plaas Media, can provide you with a digital copy of CHIPS while you wait for your printed version to arrive in the post. For more information, send an email to rochelle@plaasmedia.co.za.
Read CHIPS in September/October 2026
The September/October issue of CHIPS is loaded with feedback from the 2026 Potatoes SA Congress and Seed Potato Grower’s Forum, including the Bayer Seed Potato Grower of the Year and Syngenta National Potato Farmer of the Year. The issue covers technical articles, such as the impact of crop rotation and cover crops on soil microbial dynamics, insights from the Marble Hall processing cultivar trial, and fertilisation strategies under El Niño-induced environmental stress. In short, it contains everything a potato producer needs to stay informed and maximise yields.
In this issue/In hierdie uitgawe:
- The seventh statutory levy period approved.
- Market monitor: The first 31 weeks of 2026 at FPMs.
- World potato markets: European market recovery.
- ’n Genetiese paspoort vir Suid-Afrikaanse aartappels.
- Is houtskoolvrot ’n opkomende aartappelsiekte?
- Sandveld-kultivarproef onder besproeiing, Aurora 2025/26.
- The A to Z of micronutrients: Boron.
- Eenvormige watertoediening: Kry meer uit elke druppel.
- Gebalanseerde voeding vir aartappels.
- Die aartappel: ’n Verhaal van sielkunde, siektes en sertifisering.
- Ceres-kultivarproef onder besproeiing, Donkerbos 2025/26.
- Cultivar check: Kelly.
- From Potatoes SA bursary recipient to ARC researcher.
- Why Potatoes SA introduced a new recognition award.
- Knowledge of seed potato production strengthened in Christiana.
- Empowering KZN potato producers through financial literacy.
- Potatoes power the ultimate human race.
- And much more.
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