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Author: Kent Yeatman
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18 November 2025
Oasis Agri Prescription Blended Trace Elements Nutrients and Functions - Part 5: Manganese
Trace elements can be found in various parts of plant tissue and play critical roles in plant growth and development, flower and fruit production, defence and stress resistance and crop quality. Some trace elements are even required for the soil biology that assists with nitrogen fixation.
Every trace element incorporated into our uniquely formulated prescription blends serve a distinct role within the plant system. Our prescription blends feature a range of trace elements, including boron, cobalt, copper, iodine, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silica, selenium, and zinc.
Author: Kent Yeatman
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14 November 2025
Oasis Agri Prescription Blended Trace Elements Nutrients and Functions - Part 4: Iodine
Trace elements can be found in various parts of plant tissue and play critical roles in plant growth and development, flower and fruit production, defence and stress resistance and crop quality. Some trace elements are even required for the soil biology that assists with nitrogen fixation.
Every trace element incorporated into our uniquely formulated prescription blends serve a distinct role within the plant system. Our prescription blends feature a range of trace elements, including boron, cobalt, copper, iodine, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silica, selenium, and zinc.
Author: Kent Yeatman
Read Time: 5 minutes
11 November 2025
Oasis Agri Prescription Blended Trace Elements Nutrients and Functions – Part 3: Copper
Micronutrients are essential for plant, soil, and animal health, and are equally as important as macronutrients.
Every trace element incorporated into our uniquely formulated prescription blends serve a distinct role within the plant system.
Our prescription blends feature a range of trace elements, including boron, cobalt, copper, iodine, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silica, selenium, and zinc.
Author: Kent Yeatman
Read Time: 5 minutes
7 November 2025
Oasis Agri Prescription Blended Trace Elements Nutrients and Functions – Part 2
Trace elements, also known as micronutrients, are essential for plant health, even though plants need them in small amounts. They act as catalysts in various biochemical reactions, including enzyme activation, chlorophyll formation and protein synthesis.
Trace elements can be found in various parts of plant tissue and play critical roles in plant growth and development, flower and fruit production, defence and stress resistance and crop quality. Some trace elements are even required for the soil biology that assists with nitrogen fixation.
Every trace element incorporated into our uniquely formulated prescription blends serve a distinct role within the plant system. Our prescription blends feature a range of trace elements, including boron, cobalt, copper, iodine, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silica, selenium, and zinc.
Author: Kent Yeatman
Read Time: 5 minutes
4 November 2025
Oasis Agri Prescription Blended Trace Elements Nutrients and Functions – Part 1
Micronutrients are essential for plant, soil and animal health, and are equally as important as macronutrients.
Every trace element incorporated into our uniquely formulated prescription blends serve a distinct role within the plant system.
Our prescription blends feature a range of trace elements, including boron, cobalt, copper, iodine, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silica, selenium, and zinc.
Author: Francis Yeatman
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24 October 2025
Are Your Soils Ready for El Niño or La Niña?
At Oasis Agri (Pty) Ltd, we work hand in hand with farmers to promote climate-smart, sustainable, ecological, and restorative agricultural practices (Good Agricultura Practices - GAP). As global weather patterns become increasingly unpredictable, it is more important than ever for farmers to prepare their soils to withstand both extremes - the excessive rains of La Niña and the prolonged dryness of El Niño.
Author: Kent Yeatman
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26 September 2025
Liming: Not All Lime Sources Are Equal – Part 3
Determining Lime Requirements and Liming Myths
Liming is the simplest and most cost-effective method to ameliorate acidic soils. But, it is important to understand that there are various factors that need to be considered before applying lime.
Author: Kent Yeatman
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19 September 2025
Liming: Not All Lime Sources Are Equal – Part 2
Understanding Soil pH
Soil pH plays a key role in soil fertility. It is important to understand soil pH before addressing it through liming.
Author: Kent Yeatman
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12 September 2025
Liming: Not All Lime Sources Are Equal – Part 1
An Introduction to Soil pH and Liming
Agricultural liming is an essential practice required for the majority of soils in South Africa and involves the application of agricultural lime to soils with required pH modification. In soils with low pH (acidic soils), agricultural lime raises the soil pH, which when implemented correctly, is critical in optimising crop production.
Author: Kent Yeatman
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1 August 2025
Soil and Leaf Sampling Protocols
Soil testing constitutes a fundamental aspect of soil resource management. It is imperative that each sample collected accurately represents the area being evaluated. The reliability of laboratory analysis results is contingent on the precision of sampling, making the collection of a substantial number of samples advisable to ensure suitable subsampling.