Eerste reënvalvooruitsigte vir die winter
April 2018
COBUS OLIVIER, wetenskaplike: Voorspellingsnavorsing, Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens
Die eerste aanduidings vir reënval oor die tradisionele winterreënvalstreke is uit. Die voorspellingsisteem wys dat daar ‘n groter waarskynlikheid vir bo-normale reënval (Figuur 1) oor gedeeltes van die...
Sunflower crop quality overview of the 2015/2016 production season
December 2017
Jolanda Nortjé, manager laboratory, The Southern African Grain Laboratory NPC
The deep root system of a sunflower enables the plant to perform better than other crops during dry seasons, making sunflower seed production very...
Factors affecting price of maize meal Part 1
March 2018
DR CHRISTO JOUBERT, manager: Agro Food Chains, Market and Economic Research Division, National Agricultural Marketing Council
South Africa has processed between 4,095 and 4,361 million tons of white maize for human consumption over the...
On-farm participation crucial for CA research
Conservation agriculture (CA) refers to an agricultural management system based on the simultaneous application of three principles: minimum mechanical soil disturbance, an organic soil cover throughout the year and the use of crop and...
News snippets/Nuusbrokkies
June 2017
SA GRAAN/GRAIN REDAKSIE
Tribute to Dr Pip Nelson
In the early hours of Christmas Day last year, Dr Pip (Sydney Walter) Nelson, one of South Africa’s most recognised maize breeders at local and international level, passed...
The INEFFICIENT producer? Questioning the South African wheat value chain’s core competitiveness
June 2018
MICHAEL DAY, managing director, AfriValue Consulting; research conducted in fulfilment of MSc (Agric), Agricultural Economics at Stellenbosch University
The term ‘competitiveness’ is best understood as the ability of a sector, industry, firm or farm...
White maize quality comparisons – local versus imported
February 2017
DIRK STRYDOM, manager: Grain Economy and Marketing, Grain SA
The drought had an enormous impact on our supply and demand within the South African maize industry. The decrease in supply due to low production...
Kies die regte sonkragstelsel
Met die afname in die koste van kragkomponente asook stygende elektrisiteitspryse, is daar al hoe meer huishoudings en besighede wat sonkrag begin oorweeg. Die moontlikheid vir gereelde beurtkrag na afloop van die grendeltydperk ondersteun...
Gesoute saadman groet die bedryf
May 2018
VALERIE CILLIERS, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
As ‘n jong gegradueerde, met ‘n BSc Agric-graad agter sy naam, het mnr Willem Engelbrecht in 1975 die eerste nasionale sonneblomkultivarevaluasieproewe in Suid-Afrika geplant en in sy meer as 40 jaar...
Students meet leaders in the cereal industry
Students and leaders in the cereal industry recently had a ground-breaking get-together where they could meet and talk to each other, finding possible common ground and even job opportunities.
The highly successful Meet and Greet...
