Graanprodusent van die Jaar deel suksesverhaal
Michael Allen en sy seun Gareth van G&M Farming Enterprises het met die gesogte titel as Graan SA/Syngenta Graanprodusent van die Jaar 2024 weggestap. Hulle was ook al meermale wenners in Pioneer se Weeg-en-Wen-kompetisie...
Estate planning – the family business of farming
For the producer estate planning is not as simple as it seems – it involves a family aspect which can complicate the process.
Estate planning can be defined as the arrangement, management, securement and disposition...
Laat jou grond vir jou werk
Dink hieroor na: Hoe moet een voel wat nie verstaan nie of wat nie verstaan word nie? Moeder Aarde praat ’n taal van harmonie, volhoubaarheid en diversiteit. Ons wend egter nie ’n poging aan...
Stille stryd van die akkerbouers
Die lewe van ’n graanprodusent is ’n roeping van passie en vasberadenheid – ’n leefstyl wat innig verbind is met die grond en die wisselvalligheid van die natuur. Te midde van die eise en...
A plan to strengthen the research workforce
A critical component of strengthening the agricultural sector is developing highly skilled individuals to address the needs of a continuously developing industry.
Developing skills is an important focus area for Grain SA and funding provided...
Geen keer aan Reitz Landbou-akademie
Reitz Landbou-akademie is soos ’n windpomp in ’n dor land – dit raak net groener en groener by dié akademie wat ’n inisiatief van verskeie rolspelers is om jongmense die nodige blootstelling, kennis en...
Load shedding – What is the impact on silo operations?
Producers harvest the sun by utilising this energy to convert rainfall, inputs, and labour with precision and without interruption into valuable starches and oils. Storage operators store the harvest safely by utilising electricity generated...
Graanprodusent van die Jaar-toekennings … dit was ’n lang wag!
Net soos vele ander geleenthede en funksies, is die Graanprodusent van die Jaar toekenningsgeleentheid ook deur die COVID-19-pandemie geraak. Drie jaar se afwesigheid was ’n lang tyd om te wag om erkenning aan van...
Unrest in KZN – reflections and lessons learnt
The recent unprecedented unrest which swept from the two main cities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Durban and Pietermaritzburg, through to rural towns and communities across the province, has forever changed the agricultural environment in which...
Imbizo 2021: Maize grading training in partnership with SAGL and Afgri
The Grain SA Imbizo project kick-started again in September 2021 after the last one took place in 2019.
This is a programme aimed at empowering farmers who have graduated from the farmer development department into...
