Commercial Farms
Farming is one of the corner stones of the South Africa's economy. Currently most farms would rather settle for a predictive outcome, by which they know that a certain amount of fertilizers delivers a pre-determined crop. By using the methods of Biological Farming we found that;
- Response Time, Is quick when converting to Biological Methods.
- Plant Health, The Root structure, Stem and Leaf development increases and becomes manageable.
- Pest Control, With the increase in the plants health, a greater natural resistance will prevent the usage of heavy pesticides. Pesticides weakens the plant making it more susceptible to more insect attacks.
- Weed Control, Weeds can be controlled quite simply, once you understand why they are there.
- Fertilizer Cost, Are drastically reduced, thereby also reducing the insoluble salts left behind from fertilizers. These salts are one of the main and common components that stunt healthy growth.
- Nitrogen, Is available in our air, and can reduce current nitrogen inputs and deficits.
- Composting, Increases the soil-carbon levels
- Water Retention, Increases drastically.
- Soil Structure, Becomes stable and healthy. Compaction and erosion can be addressed.
- Soil Biology, With the soil becoming stable, organisms and general life returns resulting in a high and healthy bio diversity of organisms.
- Products, The weight, quality, quantity and shelf life increases.
- Application, Many farms already has most of the components that is needed for Biological Farming.
By improving these areas, the soil and plant health would be able to sustain each other, almost guaranteeing healthy and repeatable crops.
How to achieve these;