Exporting of grains and oilseeds: The 101 of market access
December 2018
R MARINDA VISSER, manager: Grain Research and Policy Centre, Grain SA and DR JULIAN JAFTHA, chief director: Plant Production and Health, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
The development of new export markets is...
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...
Die verandering van ‘n seisoen
September 2017
Jannie de Villiers, uitvoerende hoofbestuurder
Ek geniet nog altyd die gedeeltes van my werk wat te doen het met landbou en ekonomie aansienlik meer as die politieke deel. Wat ek wel vanwaar ek sit kan...
ARC-SGI researchers were Sydneysiders for a week
December 2015
ANNELIE BARNARD and ROBBIE LINDEQUE, ARC-Small Grain Institute
Someone who lives in Sydney and its suburbs is colloquially known as a ´Sydneysider´. Eight researchers from the ARC-Small Grain Institute (ARC-SGI) in Bethlehem became instant...
Kultivarevaluasie doen voetwerk vir produsente
Die afgelope seisoen was seker een van die moeilikste koringseisoene wat hedendaagse produsente nog beleef het. Grafiek 1 wys waarom koringprodusente in die Oos-Vrystaat sulke lae opbrengste behaal het. Die reënval wat in die...
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...
Akademikus, produsent en brugbouer
Prof Danie Vermeulen, dekaan van die Fakulteit Natuur- en Landbouwetenskappe by die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV), glo dat landbou in Suid-Afrika kerngesond is. Hy skryf dit toe aan die vernuf en kwaliteit van...
VSA-ervaring goed vir jong produsente
Al hoe meer jong Suid-Afrikaners sprei hulle vlerke op soek na werksgeleenthede oorsee. Dit is veral in Amerika waar daar in landbou vele geleenthede is.
So vertel Dillon de Vries, ’n jongman van Secunda, wat...
Get out of your comfort zone and GROW
January 2019
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team
‘You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of,’ the American philosopher and motivational speaker, Jim Rohn,...
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...
