The Plant Pathology laboratory at Elsenburg renders a plant disease diagnostic service to the public of the Western Cape.  > 

The Crop Nutrition Advisory Service provides nutrient and fertilizer recommendations and diagnosis of nutritional problems based on soil, water and plant analysis.  > 

According to the law, all agricultural chemicals, including herbicides, need to be tested for efficacy and crop safety before being made available commercially.  > 

The irrigation section of the Agricultural Engineering Directorate provides advice and guidance to assist irrigators to use water more efficiently. These include checking of irrigation system design and infield testing of irrigation systems to ascertain performance compliance. The running of programmes to promote the effective ...  > 

The Pedology unit of the Resource Utilisation section provides a soil classification service to both commercial and new farmers that consists of a report and a soil map.  > 

You can buy the following veld seed from the Department of Agriculture office in Worcester:Tipteris sinuata ("Karoo bitou"), Eriocephalus africanus ("Kapokbos"), Hirpicium integrifolium ("Haarbossie"), Chaetobromus dregeanus ("Hartbeesgras")  > 

The National Plant Protection Organisation of South Africa is responsible for ensuring the health and quality of plants grown in South Africa or imported to South Africa.  > 

The Soil, Water and Plant Tissue laboratory at Elsenburg provides inorganic analysis of Soil, Plant, Fertiliser, Lime, Gypsum, Compost and Water with the aim to determine fertiliser needs and status, identification of deficiency symptoms, problem diagnosis and to improve the management of nutrients.  >