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...
Developing farmers reap the benefits of Grain SA’s programme
November 2016
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
The Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson said, ‘Do not judge a day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.’ Commercial producers who are involved in Grain SA’s...
Vennote bedank vir hul aandeel in ontwikkelende landbou
April 2017
SA GRAAN/GRAIN REDAKSIE
Publication: April 2017
Section: Grain SA
Thousands benefit from Drought Relief Fund
June 2016
CHRISTO VAN DER RHEEDE, deputy executive director: Agri SA
Agri SA has collected R14 million to subsidise or fund the following activities:
12 165 producers were assisted with fodder to keep some of their...
Conversion to no-tillage: Perspectives from Argentina
October 2018
STEPHANO HAARHOFF, Department of Agronomy, Stellenbosch University and DR HENDRIK SMITH, conservation agriculture facilitator, Grain SA
Food production is under constant pressure due to variable environmental factors and a growing population. Crop production practices...
New Era Commercial Farmer of the Year category (250+ tons) A true example to...
November 2016
RUTH SCHULTZ, SA Graan/Grain contributor and HELENUS KRUGER, photos
36 year old Mr Frans Mokoena from the Thabu Nchu district in the Free State, who received the 2016 award for Grain SA/Absa/John Deere Financial New Era...
Graan SA se Hoofbestuurstruktuur soos op 3 Maart 2016
April 2016
Publication: April 2016
Section: Grain SA
Grain SA Congress 2020
The Grain SA Congress for 2020 will be presented at NAMPO Park, Bothaville, on 4 and 5 March with the theme ‘Farmers Contribute’. This is an opportunity for Grain SA to consult with South...
Time to REFLECT
December 2018
Things happen so fast nowadays that we struggle to keep up. As producers we particularly experience this during planting and harvest time. This involves managing the one important process after the other, long...
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...
