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...
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...
REITZ-KONFERENSIE fokus op herlewing
July 2018
PIETMAN BOTHA, SA Graan/Grain redaksiespan
‘n Studiegroep wat fokus op ‘n beter toekoms en wat navorsing vir hulle laat werk. Dít het aanleiding gegee tot die Landbouweekblad Herlewingslandboukonferensie wat jaarliks op Reitz in die Oos-Vrystaat aangebied word.
“Ek hou...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Climate change: Resilience needed in agriculture
There is clear evidence that agriculture in South Africa has evolved to take natural climate variation into account. The changing seasonal weather is such that two consecutive seasons are seldom similar. The response to...
