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...
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...
DIE WISSELKOERS: Wat kan gebeur en hoekom maak dit saak?
11/10/2024
In Suid-Afrika is die rand/dollar-wisselkoers ’n uiters belangrike ekonomiese aanwyser vir verskeie bedrywe en markte. Nie net het die wisselkoers ’n effek op Suid-Afrika se makro-ekonomiese omgewing nie, maar ook op die landbousektor. Wanneer...
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...
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...
SAADPRYSE VIR SOMERGRAAN: 2025
GRAAN SA SPEEL ’N SLEUTELROL IN DIE DEURLOPENDE MONITERING VAN INSETPRYSE NAMENS SY LEDE, MET SPESIFIEKE FOKUS OP SAADPRYSE OOR TYD OM DEURSIGTIGHEID TE BEVORDER EN MEDEDINGING IN DIE SAADBEDRYF AAN TE MOEDIG. HIERDIE...
Hoekom verhandel mielies so ver van uitvoerpariteit?
13/04/2023
Gedurende Mei-maand van elke jaar begin die mieliebemarkingsjaar op ’n skoon bladsy. Die 2022/2023-bemarkingsjaar was vir seker vol opwinding en onvoorsiene fundamentele faktore wat die mark beïnvloed het. Met die uitbreek van die oorlog...
Machinery parts – price trends over time
Machinery and equipment are major cost items for a farming business, having increased over time with larger machines, new technology, higher prices for parts, new machinery, and higher energy prices.
The costs of owning and...
Climate’s effect on Swartland canola production
In addition to soils, agro-chemical inputs and management, dryland canola production potential is highly influenced by climatic factors such as temperature, carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, and rainfall amount and distribution.
In the Western Cape, information...
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...
