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...
NAMPO Kaap spog met gesonde groei
NAMPO Kaap 2019 was ’n reusesukses. Die groei word nie net gemeet aan die bykans 30% meer betalende besoekers deur die hekke nie, maar ook aan die toename in saketransaksies wat Bredasdorp NPC en...
Erkenning aan bedryfsrolspelers gegee
April 2017
SA GRAAN/GRAIN REDAKSIE
Graan SA gee jaarliks tydens Kongres erkenning aan spesifieke bedryfsrolspelers. Mnr Jaco Minnaar (voorsitter: Graan SA – links op foto’s) het die toekennings aan die drie kandidate oorhandig.
1: Spesiale erkenning is vanjaar...
Facing climate variability and change
April 2016
— Prof Willem Landman
JENNY MATHEWS, SA Graan/Grain contributor
Can you, first of all, cope with variability? It is important to understand that there is a difference between climate change and climate variability. Climate variability...
Nixtamalisation adds value for maize farmers
Nixtamalisation is a process of preparing maize in an alkaline solution, followed by washing and grinding to produce a dough called masa of which a variety of products can be made. As a result...
Farmer of the Year: Celebrating learning, development and growth – meet the nominees
September 2018
LIANA STROEBEL, development co-ordinator: Western Cape, Grain SA
It is that exciting time of the year again where the nominees for the 2018 Grain SA Farmer of the Year competition have been identified. We...
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...
Media beleef sukses van KZN- en Oos-Kaap-projekte eerstehands
Ontwikkelende landbou en sy boere lê my baie na aan die hart. Ongeveer vyf jaar gelede het ek vir die eerste keer kennis gemaak met Graan SA se “From Subsistence to Abundance”-ontwikkelingsprogram.
Ek onthou soos...
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...
