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...
Young leaders will make the difference
The eighth annual business development programme, previously known as the Grain Academy, was launched in Hartbeespoort on 25 and 26 February. The programme has now been rebranded as the Leadership Academy for Agriculture and...
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...
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...
A win-win approach to conflict management
Can you remember the last person you had a fight with? Was it at work or at home? Can you remember what it was about? Have you managed to make peace with them? Are...
4IR trends and impact on the grain industry
Industrial revolutions occur when new technologies and world views introduce significant shifts in economic systems and social structures. Technology advancement increasingly transforms the way we work, live, communicate, travel and socialise, which could fundamentally...
Nuwe gesigte by Agri SA
August 2017
SA Graan/Grain redaksie
Die afgelope tyd was daar verskeie personeelveranderinge by Agri SA.
Mnre Johan Pienaar (adjunk uitvoerende direkteur, Agri SA) en Nic Opperman (direkteur: Natuurlike Hulpbronne, Agri SA) het einde April vanjaar afgetree. Pienaar was...
Kanolapaspoort – van produsent tot verbruiker
Die wêreld- en plaaslike voedselindustrie ervaar die ontwrigtende en verlammende effek van klimaatsverandering intens. Al hoe meer verwoestende brande breek uit en die wurggreep van droogte het ’n groot impak op voedselvoorrade. Voedselveiligheid is...
Safety of farm workers handling pesticides not negotiable
In a country that is often compared to the most advanced farming nations in the world, farm workers are an important component of the agricultural success story. A healthy work force is a valuable...
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...
