Road Traffic Act: Know what is expected of you
May 2015
AGBIZ MEDIA RELEASE, MARIANA PURNELL, Agbiz Grain and RUTH SCHULTZ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
A successful Agbiz Grain Logistics workshop was held on 11 February this year to address aspects of the National Road Traffic...
European Union agreement that’s falling short
The SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is an important agreement between the European Union (EU) and six members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), namely Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique.
Initially,...
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...
Grain Academy 2017-studente gesels saam
January 2018
ALZENA GOMES, skakelbeampte, Graan SA
Na afloop van die vyfde jaarlikse Grain Academy, het ons by twee van die gegradueerdes van die jongste groep ingeloer, naamlik
me Preline Swart (Graan SA Hoofbestuurslid) en me Petru...
Glyphosate – setting the record straight
Every season, for every field, a producer must make many key decisions – all of which can make or break a harvest. Many of these decisions relate to crop protection, because at every stage...
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...
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...
Droogte duur voort — hulp steeds nodig
October 2016
ESTIE DE VILLIERS, redakteur: SA Graan/Grain
Produsente in sekere dele van Suid-Afrika sukkel steeds om die huidige seisoen te oorleef. Agri SA is besorg oor hul toekomstige lewensvatbaarheid.
"Droogte is nie 'n eenjaarverskynsel nie. Kontantvloei en...
Lank, langer, kolskoot
Langafstandjag is ’n spesialisvertakking van jag wat toenemend in Suid-Afrika veld wen, hoofsaaklik weens die ontwikkeling van tegnologie.
Eugene Harmse, voorsitter van die African Long Range Hunters Association (ALRHA), sê hulle doel is nie om...
