Waarheen is Suid-Afrika op pad?
May 2016
JANNIE DE VILLIERS, uitvoerende hoofbestuurder/CEO
Oral in die samelewing word die vraag oor waarheen Suid-Afrika op pad is, indringend bespreek: Wat gaan volgende gebeur en wat staan ons te doen indien hierdie of daardie...
Profitability at the top of Grain SA’s list for 2019
January 2019
JANNIE DE VILLIERS, CEO
It is always a challenge to write the Point of View for the January edition. Not only is the due date for the column at the end of November, but it is...
Pleasure is short-lived
March 2017
2017 is referred to as a better year for agriculture, but as a difficult economic and political year. Agriculture is better, due to the rain that has fallen, but grain producers’ challenge has...
Adjusting to CHANGE
September 2018
JANNIE DE VILLIERS, CEO
The other day a study group asked me to address them at their meeting. Their theme was ‘Agriculture 2050’. The topic I had to discuss addressed the importance of relationships...
Wat is die nuwe soort normaal?
October 2015
JANNIE DE VILLIERS, uitvoerende hoofbestuurder/CEO
Ek sit en tob oor waaroor ek dié maand moet skryf. Daar is ‘n varsheid in die lug en ten spyte van al die slegte voorspellings vir die seisoen,...
Can too much of a good thing ever be bad?
August 2017
Jannie de Villiers, CEO
I really grew up poor. There was always enough to live from but almost never too much. Nevertheless, somewhere in my life my mother taught me the lesson of ‘too...
Planners find themselves in two camps
While some grain producers are harvesting and others are watching the weather for rain, there are quite a few tectonic plates that are moving and shifting. Due to COVID-19 all the shifts are not...
Finish the dish BEFORE THE ROAST IS SPOILT
July 2018
Jannie de Villiers, CEO
The kitchen remains a pretty hot place, regardless whether it is a SuperSport studio or a meeting in the Grain Building. We always refer to Africa not being a place for sissies. Similarly,...
Has power now become everything?
September 2016
JANNIE DE VILLIERS, uitvoerende hoofbestuurder/CEO
— Grain SA works diligently on sustainability strategy
When interaction between people becomes stormy and heated it is understandable that one gets confused with what it really boils down to.
Grain...
New technology remains important for South Africa
October 2017
Jannie de Villiers, CEO
Following my recent visit to the USA, I wish to make a few comments about my observations. In short, it boils down to the fact that the South African grain producers...
