Heavy issues are on the table
During April, the Grain SA leadership spent a few days aside to determine where the organisation currently stands and what the road ahead should be.
A lot was said about our DNA regarding the sustainability...
Plan for the long haul now
We all know that timely planning for a long journey is essential, especially when taking on unfamiliar and lesser-known destinations. I just realised this again with our family’s recent trip to the beautiful Botswana,...
Dís hoe ons met genadewater werk
Ek het die afgelope tyd van ’n anomalie (teenstrydigheid) bewus geword wat nogal ’n emosie in my wakker gemaak het. Ek lees van belangrike opinievormers in die samelewing wat as “kenners” skryf hoe ons...
A plan to get SA through the winter
Winter has arrived. The Cape weather brought rain in time for planting and the frost is busy helping our summer crops to dry off so that it can be harvested.
The multitude of predictions that...
Profitability; influence still our target
On several occasions over the past few months, we have repeatedly confirmed that the main focus of Grain SA is the profitability of grain and oilseed producers – with our aim being to support...
Peace and quiet needed to produce food
We all know that proper and careful management and responsibility, especially in a public context, are not at all among South Africa’s strong points. That is why any talk or suggestion of regulation of...
Voedselsekerheid – vasgevang tussen hamer en aambeeld
Oor die afgelope paar maande het ons geskryf en gewaarsku oor die ongunstige en riskante situasie betreffende inflasie, spesifiek voedselinflasie. Die donker wolk van stygende plaasinsetpryse word selfs langer al bespreek en is deels...
Die krag van geleentheid in die kraguitdaging
Teen dié tyd is almal al so vuisvoos vir kragkwessies en die soeke na energie-oplossings, maar ek kan nie anders as om ook my stuiwer in die armbeurs te gooi nie.
Die kort en die...
Onward, even if it’s uphill
By the time you are reading this, the Cape harvest should be completed and the crops in the north should be planted. Isn’t it just great that the rain has come in time?
We could...
Skep ruim skaduwee vir die toekoms
Graan SA-span het onlangs die jaarlikse Global Leadership Summit bygewoon. Een van die aanhalings wat my net weer nuwe energie en visie gegee het, was die opmerking van Todd Henry: “A society grows great...
