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...
An investment in SA seed treatment capability
Corteva Agriscience officially opened its Centre for Seed Applied Technologies (CSAT) laboratory in Rosslyn, Pretoria on 5 May. This modern facility is one of only six worldwide and will focus specifically on recipe development...
Is your crop adviser accredited?
By now many people are familiar with the CropLife SA continuous professional development (CPD) programme, especially those producers who have committed themselves to buying from an accredited crop adviser.
CropLife SA drives this programme to...
Dr Ntladi has great plans for groundnut breeding in SA
Since his appointment as researcher: Groundnut Breeder at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) in August last year, Dr Solomon Ntladi has not let the grass grow under his feet.
Being previously employed in the private...
Will the SAIF bolster government regulatory functions?
The Strategic Agricultural Input Forum (SAIF) and its members participated in a joint workshop in April 2022, on the topic of public-private partnerships in search of best practices in the regulatory environment.
As the driving...
Gespreksforum raak verskeie knelpunte aan
Nasie in Gesprek het vanjaar sy tiende bestaansjaar met ’n wye verskeidenheid onderwerpe gevier – van die land se swak pad- en spoorweginfrastruktuur tot by die uitdagings wat die hedendaagse jeug in die gesig...
Samewerking sterk beklemtoon tydens NAMPO-gesprekke
Ek is nou reeds ’n dekade lank betrokke by die Nasie in Gesprek-besprekings tydens Graan SA se NAMPO Oesdag. Hierdie gesprekke gee ’n baie goeie idee van die temas wat jaarliks vir...
NAMPO Kaap 2022 groter en nog beter
NAMPO Kaap beloof om vanjaar nog groter en beter as die laaste aanbieding in 2019 te wees. Die nuutste werktuie en jongste tegnologie vir graan-, vee-, vrugte-, groente- en wingerdprodusente asook ander rolspelers in...
Meet the Grain SA Farmer Development team
Since the early 2000s, Grain SA has been dedicated to the sustainable development of emerging farmers from subsistence to commercialisation. Since our programme is about farmer development, our primary aim is to assist active...
De Ruyter praat prontuit oor beurtkrag by Agbiz-kongres
Met die uitdagings wat beurtkrag aan die land se ekonomie en spesifiek aan landbou stel, was almal se ore gespits om te hoor watter lig Eskom se groep- uitvoerende hoof, André de Ruyter, by...
