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...
Ontmoet ons nuwe rekenmeester
March 2018
SA GRAAN/GRAIN REDAKSIE
Graan SA se Finansiële Dienste-afdeling het in Januarie vanjaar ‘n nuwe toevoeging tot die span verwelkom toe Roslynne Carelse as finansiële rekenmeester by die organisasie aangesluit het.
Die gebore en getoë Vrystater...
… 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...
Celebrating the ‘masters in the art of grain farming’
‘Tonight we celebrate the achievements of fellow South Africans who have excelled in their field – they are the masters in the art of grain farming.’ With these words, Derek Mathews (vice-chairperson, Grain SA)...
Grain mapping: The future for grain production
April 2017
JENNY MATHEWS, SA Graan/Grain contributor
According to Prof Ferdi Meyer (director: Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy ) a continuous process of grain mapping and analysis of the agricultural sector is necessary in order to identify...
Bemagtigingsmodelle wat in die Wes-Kaap werk: Deel 1
February 2015
LIANA STROEBEL, ontwikkelingskoördineerder, Graan SA
Die bemagtiging van plaaswerkers en kleinboere is ‘n konsep wat die afgelope tien jaar toenemende aandag op alle vlakke van die landbousektor geniet het. Ons praat met baie produsente...
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...
NAMPO-visier ingestel op effektiwiteit met tegnologie
May 2018
JOHAN SMIT, besturende redakteur, SA Graan/Grain
Die NAMPO Oesdag 2018-enjin staan in die wegspringblokke en dreun in gereedheid op dié toonaangewende landbouskou wat op 15 tot 18 Mei buite Bothaville aangebied word.
Met nagenoeg 740 uitstallers...
Room van graanprodusente word vereer
November 2017
RUTH SCHULTZ, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
‘Dit wat ons vanaand hier ervaar, wys die vordering wat oor jare en dekades in die landbousektor gemaak is. Die vlak van voedselsekerheid wat ons in hierdie land geniet,...
