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...
Struggles and HARD WORK forgotten as SUCCESS is celebrated
November 2018
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team
‘Farming is not about land; it is about using land. Today we are celebrating those who are using land and using it well,’ said Ms Jane McPherson (manager: Farmer Development...
Smallholder Farmer of the Year category (10 ha, but producing less than 250 tons)...
November 2018
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team and HELENUS KRUGER (photo)
In a video clip shown at the awards ceremony, Mr Nhlanhla Sicelo Mngadi from KwaZulu-Natal said that when he joined Grain SA in 2015 he told himself...
Potential Commercial Farmer of the Year (100 ha, but producing less than 250 tons)...
November 2018
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team and HELENUS KRUGER (photo)
Two heads are better than one, as you have a better chance of coming up with a strategy that will help you overcome a challenge if...
New Era Commercial Farmer of the Year category (250+ tons) Teamwork makes dreams possible
November 2018
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team and HELENUS KRUGER (photo)
Mr Jeremia Makhosini Mathebula grew up in the Iswepe area near Piet Retief. As a child he helped his father plant maize on 1 ha of...
Inspirasietoekenning ’n Beter Suid-Afrika is moontlik
November 2018
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain redaksiespan en HELENUS KRUGER (foto)
Graan SA het vanjaar as ’n organisasie besluit om die redakteur van die Landbouweekblad, mnr Chris Burgess, met die Inspirasietoekenning te vereer. Hy ontvang hierdie prestige-toekenning vir sy...
Graanprodusent van die Jaar Boerdery ’n uitdagende, dog hoogs vervullende beroep
November 2018
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain redaksiespan en HELENUS KRUGER (foto)
In Prediker 4 lees ons dat twee beter is as een, omdat hulle saam meer in hul werk bereik. Mnre Johan en Dirkie van As is ’n...
FOREVER FARMERS honoured for shaping the future
November 2018
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team and HELENUS KRUGER
‘Tonight, we celebrate the Forever Farmers, those producers and farmers who do not farm just for today, but for the next generation – not only in the food...
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...
PEOPLE LIKE US do things like this…
October 2018
ALZENA GOMES, public relations officer, Grain SA
Grain SA's NAMPO personnel undertook to give the Nala Ratabilê Children's home an overhaul, as part of celebrating Mandela's 100th birthday. Following a visit to establish the...
