SKAKEL GRAAN OM IN GROTER WAARDE
EEN VAN DIE GEDAGTES WAT MY DIE MEESTE BYBLY NA AANLEIDING VAN DIE ONLANGSE AFMA-FORUM IS DAT ONS LANDBOUMEDEDINGENDHEID MOET HEROORWEEG. TE DIKWELS BESKOU ONS GRAAN, VLEIS, SUIWEL EN VERWER-
KING AS AFSONDERLIKE BEDRYWE, MAAR...
TURNING GRAIN INTO GREATER VALUE
ONE OF MY STRONGEST REFLECTIONS FROM THE RECENT AFMA FORUM WAS THAT WE NEED TO RETHINK AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS. WE TOO OFTEN VIEW GRAIN, MEAT, DAIRY, AND PROCESSING AS SEPARATE INDUSTRIES, YET CONSUMERS BUY FOOD,...
Wat as dinge gewerk het soos dit moet?
Wat sou gebeur as alles in Suid-Afrika reg gewerk het? Sou ’n mens dankbaar kon wees as alle dinge altyd gewerk het soos dit moet? Waarom so ’n vraag vra in die huidige politieke...
SA produces enough food – STILL PEOPLE ARE STARVING
According to the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) of 2022, South Africa is regarded as the number one country in Africa in terms of food security due to its developed agricultural sector, stable food...
WHEAT AT A CROSSROADS: hard realities and future options
AGRICULTURE IS ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST VALUABLE SECTORS, PROVIDING AFFORDABLE FOOD, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, AND WORK. YET FEW INDUSTRIES HIGHLIGHT THE GAP BETWEEN NATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND FARM-GATE REALITIES AS SHARPLY AS WHEAT.
Wheat producers face...
Steeds in die arena en gereed om te bou
THEODORE ROOSEVELT HET EENS GESKRYF DAT DIT NIE DIE KRITIKUS IS WAT TEL NIE, EN OOK NIE DIE EEN WAT UITWYS WAAR DIE STERK PERSOON STRUIKEL NIE. DIE EER KOM DIE PERSOON TOE WAT...
REGVERDIGE MARKTE BELANGRIK VIR ELKE GRAANPRODUSENT
ONLANGSE BESLUITE VAN DIE JSE OOR LIGGINGSDIFFEREN-
SIALE VIR SOJABONE EN DIE INTERNASIONALE HANDELS-ADMINISTRASIEKOMMISSIE VAN SUID-AFRIKA (ITAC) OOR TARIEFBESKERMING VIR KORING HET HEWIGE DEBAT IN DIE GRAANBEDRYF ONTKETEN.
Wat egter van groter belang is, is dat...
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...
FAIR MARKETS MATTER TO EVERY GRAIN PRODUCER
RECENT DECISIONS BY THE JSE ON SOYBEAN LOCATION DIFFERENTIALS AND BY THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA (ITAC) ON WHEAT TARIFF PROTECTION HAVE GENERATED ROBUST DEBATE ACROSS THE GRAIN INDUSTRY.
More importantly, they...
STILL IN THE ARENA AND READY TO BUILD
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ONCE WROTE THAT IT IS NOT THE CRITIC WHO COUNTS, NOR THE PERSON WHO POINTS OUT WHERE THE STRONG PERSON STUMBLES. THE CREDIT BELONGS TO THE PERSON WHO IS IN THE ARENA,...
