New export markets explored for soybeans
Globally over the past 20 years, soybean has been dynamic, with double the area planted and expectation of further expansion in future. Developments in the global soybean market since 2020 have resulted in the...
Record high fertiliser prices threaten profitability
Since the beginning of 2021 international fertiliser prices have been rising steeply. However, for the better part of 2021, the rand has been strong, therefore moderately cushioning the local industry against the total impact...
Riglyne vir die bepaling van oesopbrengs
Oesskattings bly altyd ’n kontroversiële saak, aangesien daar ontsettend baie aspekte is wat dit kan beïnvloed. Onthou net as ’n oesskatting gedoen word, is dit daardie bepaalde punt se skatting. Indien die grond fisies...
Inflasie se impak op die plaaslike verbruiker
10/10/2022
Inflasie word beskryf as ’n styging in die vlak van pryse van goedere en dienste wat huishoudings oor ’n gegewe tydperk aankoop. Dit word gemeet as ’n persentasie wat die tempo van verandering van...
A beginner’s guide to hedging against risk in the exchange rate
To hedge in the exchange rate means to make an investment with the intention to limit the risk of unfavourable exchange rate movements. Holders of foreign assets or liabilities risk losing money if the...
Commodity price scenarios that grain producers can expect in the next season
13/06/2024
Agriculture – including the grain industry – works in cycles. Even down to the soil level, cycles are fundamental to the grain industry’s existence: the soil goes through cycles of cultivation; the crop goes...
Maak koring in somersaaigebiede nog sin?
Droëlandkoring in die somersaaigebied word verbou op vog wat gedurende die somerreënval gestoor word. Tog het die koring ook ’n paar buie reën buite die normale tyd nodig om doeltreffende produksie te handhaaf.
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Investment in soybean industry creates new opportunities
Continuous development of new varieties with improved quality and yield characteristics is indispensable to the sustained production of crops. Likewise, continuous investment in breeding constitutes an important requirement for an industry to remain viable....
What does the increase of the minimum wage mean to producers?
On 4 February 2025, the Minister of Labour published the adjusted national minimum wage (NMW) rates in the Government Gazette. The increase from R27,58 to R28,79 is a 4,4% increase for each ordinary hour...
Reasons for deductions by grain silo owners
Several deductions are made on the mass of grain consignments by silo owners and other parties receiving such consignments from producers. The word “grain” in this text refers to all of the different crops...
