Subsistence Farmer of the Year category (0 ha – 10 ha) If you are...
November 2018
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team and HELENUS KRUGER (photo)
Napoleon Hill, the American author of the book Think and grow rich said patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Ms Jenette Thembi Shoba from Mpumalanga...
Graan SA-heffings: Dít is waarom ek my volle heffing betaal
September 2018
DIRK KOTZE, ledebemarking- en kommunikasiebeampte, Graan SA
Met strooptyd verby en meeste graan gelewer, het produsente ook getrou hul heffingsbydrae tot Graan SA gelewer. Daar is egter nog ‘n groot aantal produsente wat glad...
… 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...
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...
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...
Hanekom vat nou voor by Ouditkomitee
August 2018
MARIËTTA CRONJÉ, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
Graan SA se Ouditkomitee het onlangs ‘n nuwe voorsitter, mnr André Hanekom, aangestel. Dié voormalige besturende direkteur van Pioneer Voedsel dien ook op verskeie privaat maatskappye se direksies, asook twee genoteerde...
Graan SA-spanlede ontvang erkenning
Die Afgri-groep sien die Oos-Kaap as een van die land se primêre produksiegebiede vir die toekoms en wil produksie in dié provinsie stimuleer om internasionaal te kompeteer in terme van mielie-uitvoere. ’n Nuwe opbergingsfasiliteit...
The fulfilment of getting involved
November 2017
JURIE MENTZ, development co-ordinator, Grain SA
While listening in church on Sunday to our pastor’s sermon about making a difference in our community, I started thinking of everybody involved in the Jobs Fund. According...
Harde lesse en spanwerk verseker sukses
November 2016
RUTH SCHULTZ, SA Graan/Grain contributor and HELENUS KRUGER, photos
Vir mnr Jozua du Plessis van die plaas Middelbult by Delmas, wat as die Graan SA/Syngenta Graanprodusent van die Jaar aangewys is, is presisie die resultaat van...
Farmers are the heartbeat of our nation
Being a farmer in South Africa has to be one of the hardest professions. The challenges farmers go through are overwhelming, to say the least. Their host of problems include farm safety, infrastructure, access...
