Significant progress for smallholders in CA
January 2018
ERNA KRUGER, director, Mahlathini Development Foundation and DR HENDRIK SMITH, conservation agriculture facilitator, Grain SA
One of the main aims of the Conservation Agriculture (CA) Farmer Innovation Programme (FIP), which is implemented by Grain...
Winning yields for these producers
Grain SA hosted the first Grow for Gold National Yield Competition in Muldersdrift on Thursday 15 October 2020, celebrating 46 producers – from commercial to small-scale farmers – across 16 categories for outstanding yields...
… and the 2016 Farmer of the Year award goes to…
September 2016
PONTSENG MONNANE, office administrator: Grain SA
The saying: ‘It isn’t the farm that makes the farmer, it is the love, hard work and character’, will once again be evident when Grain SA hosts the...
Graan SA se Hoofbestuurstruktuur soos op 3 Maart 2016
April 2016
Publication: April 2016
Section: Grain SA
Grain SA is very proud of these finalists
September 2015
KOM KUIER SAAM BY DIE 2015 Graan SA/Syngenta Graanprodusent van die Jaar-finaliste
LANDI KRUGER, Grain Farmer Development Programme, Grain SA
Grain SA recently hosted its annual “Farmer of the Year” competition to acknowledge the successes...
Talking productively to each other about food security
August 2016
SA GRAAN/GRAIN EDITORIAL TEAM
The Sowetan daily newspaper on 20 June of this year published an insightful letter written by Mr Prince Mashele, under the heading, 'Talk productively to Boers about land'. Mr Jannie de Villiers...
The grain policy environment
April 2017
JENNY MATHEWS, SA Graan/Grain contributor
Ms Gerda van Dijk (Director of Directorate: International Trade) looked at the current trade in grains and products. Exports of South Africa’s primary products like oats, wheat, maize and buckwheat were...
Culture of agri celebrated
Aptly named the Grain SA Day of Celebration, this prestigious event embodies not only the rich diversity of South Africa, but also the unifying passion for agriculture that exists within the country’s farming community.
Hosted...
LOCATION DIFFERENTIAL investigated by expert from USA
February 2019
MARIËTTA CRONJÉ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
During recent discussions between Grain SA and the JSE the decision was made to address the ongoing concerns regarding the effectiveness of the current location differential system. The JSE therefore contracted...
Kongresgangers sê hul sê – Deel 1
July 2017
DR DIRK STRYDOM, bestuurder: Graanekonomie en Bemarking, Graan SA
In Maart vanjaar is daar weer by Graan SA se Kongres gebruik gemaak van elektroniese stemapparate. Dit het elke afgevaardigde die geleentheid gebied om sy...
