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Record crops and growing carry-over stocks: Why then are SA exports slow?
South Africa finds itself in the position of producing yet another record maize and soybean crop. However, despite the large surpluses available for export, deep-sea exports have failed to gain the momentum that many market participants expected at...
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Feathered chloris in grain systems: understanding a resilient weed
Across South Africa’s grain-producing regions, feathered chloris (Chloris virgata) has quietly established itself as more than just another grass on the veld edge. Known locally as witgras, witpluimchloris or witpluimgras, this species thrives in the very conditions created...
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WHEN A PARTNERSHIP BREAKS, STRATEGY MUST CHANGE
THE RECENT DECISION TO LEAVE SOUTH AFRICA’S WHEAT TARIFF FRAMEWORK EFFECTIVELY UNCHANGED IS DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING. GOVERNMENT HAS CHOSEN THE POLITICALLY CONVENIENT ARGUMENT OF SHORT-TERM CONSUMER PROTECTION, PRESENTING LOWER IMPORT COSTS AS IF IT AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATES INTO CHEAPER BREAD. IN DOING SO, IT IS AVOIDING THE MUCH LARGER AND MORE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT FOOD SECURITY […]
AS ’N VENNOOTSKAP VERBREEK WORD, MOET STRATEGIE VERANDER
DIE ONLANGSE BESLUIT OM SUID-AFRIKA SE KORINGTARIEFRAAMWERK EFFEKTIEF ONVERANDERD TE LAAT, IS UITERS TELEURSTELLEND. DIE REGERING HET DIE POLITIES GERIEFLIKE ARGUMENT VAN KORTTERMYN-VERBRUIKERSBESKERMING GEKIES EN LAER INVOERKOSTE AS REDE VERSKAF ASOF DIT OUTOMATIES OMSKAKEL IN GOEDKOPER BROOD. DEUR DIT TE DOEN, VERMY HULLE DIE VEEL GROTER EN MOEILIKER GESPREK OOR WAT VOEDSELSEKERHEID WERKLIK BEHELS. Voedselsekerheid […]
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Beste Grootneef Wanneer die Vrystaatse koue met wit gerypte vlaktes byt, dink ek soms terug aan Oupa en Ouma op Liefdefontein. Hulle het nie baie daaroor gepraat nie, maar ek onthou tog hoe hulle soms laat aand gedeel het wat hulle as konsentrasiekampkinders beleef het. Nadat die Engelse oorlog teen die twee republieke uitgebreek het, […]
