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...
Hoe raak die minimum loon produsente?
Soos algemeen bekend is, het president Cyril Ramaphosa in November 2018 aangekondig dat ’n nuwe Wet op die Nasionale Minimum Loon vanaf 1 Januarie 2019 in werking sou tree. Met die skryf van hierdie...
White maize meal prices and trends from shortage to deficit – Part 2
April 2018
DR CHRISTO JOUBERT, manager: Agro-Food Chains, Market and Economic Research division, National Agricultural Marketing Council and RIKA VERWEY, senior economist: Agro-Food Chains, National Agricultural Marketing Council
The maize meal value chain experienced many challenges...
Hanteer paniek en spanning in hierdie tye só
Onsekere tye soos die wat ons tans beleef, is ’n ware teelaarde vir stres, paniek en angstigheid, maar wat nou daarmee gemaak? Hoe hanteer en oorkom ek dit?
Ek glo dié vrae is al deur...
Preserving the future with solar PV
In the last five years the responsibility to preserve the future of our planet has been driven home, as South Africa faces the consequences of climate change. From tornadoes in KwaZulu-Natal to a drought-stricken...
The scourge of wildlife poisoning
Few countries in the world can compete with South Africa’s wildlife wealth: We have around 24 000 indigenous higher order plant species, over 900 bird species, more than 400 mammals as well as a...
Politics; consumers drawing big guns on farming in Europe
Given the intricate issues and risks that young South African producers face at many a level, it is natural for them to envy their European counterparts for their seemingly conducive agricultural circumstances. To the...
Quality of grain and oilseed crops – a service offered by SAGL
Grain and oilseed commodities produced in South Africa are processed into food and feed products or exported unprocessed. South Africa has good quality data generated over different seasons and production regions to prove that...
Judgement on farm dwellers – implications for landowners
A recent judgement in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on the right of farm dwellers and labour tenants to be provided with services by relevant municipalities, may hold important implications for landowners. Annelize Crosby, policy...
