NAMPO 2025: Uniting the world of farming on local soil
As agriculture faces mounting global challenges and increasingly interlinked food systems, the spotlight in 2025 turns to how local producers can harness global knowledge, networks, and innovations to strengthen South African agriculture. This year’s...
BOEREGEMEENSKAP herstel paaie na verwoestende vloede
Wanneer ’n gemeenskap se paaie verspoel of verweer en noodsaaklike dienste tot stilstand kom, is dit dikwels die produsente wat die meeste het om te verloor en wat eerste ’n plan maak. Só het...
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...
Government ignores sector inputs on minimum wage
Minister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi, gazetted the new national minimum wage for farmworkers early in February at an increase of 16% to R21,69 per hour. This means that the minimum wage for...
Look after the most important part of the farm – you and your family
If you are a producer or working on a farm, you probably have many things on your mind all year round. As you juggle time between managing people, land, unpredictable weather and other demands,...
NAMPO Kaap blom in die Overberg
Die 3de aanbieding van NAMPO Kaap, en die grootste nog, het die pas afgelope naweek tot einde geloop. Graan SA tesame met Bredasdorp Park NPC is dankbaar vir die rekord 32,640 besoekers wat NAMPO...
Inligting noodsaaklik om COVID-19 doeltreffend te bestuur
As gevolg van die COVID-19-pandemie en gevolglike inperking moes almal vinnig aanpas by ’n veranderende wêreld. Nie net is ons persoonlike lewens daardeur beïnvloed nie, maar ook alle aspekte van besigheid en onderrig. ’n...
SOYBEAN SYMPOSIUM: lessons from Brazil
The Protein Research Foundation (PRF) and the Oil and Protein Seeds Development Trust (OPDT) hosted a soybean symposium for South Africa’s soybean industry on 29 July at the CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria. The...
100% focused on agriculture
Themba Rikhotso was appointed as CEO of Land Bank in April 2023 and has already made strides in ensuring that the bank is ‘fit for purpose’ and on a trajectory to become a leader...
ERVARING en VISIE laat veeprogram gedy
Drie dekades plus nog drie jaar – dit is hoe lank Wimpie Rossouw reeds die leisels by NAMPO se veekompleks en -program met besondere bekwaamheid vashou. As ’n mens die som maak, is dit...
