Quality of the 2015/2016 season’s imported and locally produced wheat
March 2017
JOLANDA NORTJÉ, laboratory manager, The Southern African Grain Laboratory NPC
South Africa is a net importer of wheat and relies on imports to supply the growing local demand. The quality of all wheat imported...
Land reform: ’Government can’t do it alone‘ – Leona Archary, acting DG of the...
March 2017
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
Henry Ford, the American industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company, said, ‘Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress, but working together is success.’ With a shared...
Importance of the poultry industry within the grain and oilseeds value chain
March 2017
DIRK STRYDOM, manager: Grain Economy and Marketing, Grain SA
The poultry industry is currently under enormous pressure. As explained in various reports, this is due to not receiving sufficient anti-dumping support. In December last...
Agri SA’S CEO honoured
March 2017
THEA LIEBENBERG, Agri SA
Mr Omri van Zyl, executive director of Agri SA, was named by CEO Global as last year’s Continental Winner at a prestigious gala dinner held on 22 November at Midrand...
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...
Tweekolspinmyt: ‘n Moeilike kalant op mielies
February 2017
JOHANN BRITS, Villa Crop Protection
Die tweekolspinmyt, Tetranychus urticae, is ‘n moeilike plaag om te beheer. Hierdie myt kom wêreldwyd op meer as 200 gasheerplante voor. Dit is die mees algemene mytspesie in die wêreld...
Minder sout of meer opvoeding?
February 2017
CHRISSIE MILES, LNR-Kleingraaninstituut, Bethlehem
Volgens navorsing is Suid-Afrikaners se leefstyl die oorsaakdat hul meer vatbaar is vir hartsiektes en beroertes. DieHeart and Stroke Foundation van Suid-Afrika beweer dat 80% van kardiovaskulêre siektes voorkom kan...
Kanolasaad: Beskikbaarheid, pryse en hoe vergelyk dit internasionaal?
February 2017
CORNÉ LOUW, senior ekonoom: Graan SA
Alle kanolasaad wat in Suid-Afrika aangeplant word, word vanaf Australië of Europa ingevoer. Geen kanolasaad word plaaslik vermeerder nie.
Beskikbaarheid van saad
Saadmaatskappye meen dat die plaaslike mark te klein...
Hoe lyk die markte vir grondbone en kanola?
February 2017
LUAN VAN DER WALT, landbou-ekonoom: Graan SA
Wanneer daar van oliesade gepraat word, is sojabone en sonneblomme gewoonlik die eerste gewasse waaraan ‘n mens dink. Hierdie twee gewasse is die twee “grootste” oliesade in...
Politieke risiko’s en hoe om dit te bestuur
January 2017
DAWIE ROODT, hoofekonoom: Efficient Groep
Besigheid in Afrika is ‘n tweestryd. Aan die een kant is daar die wonderlike geleenthede, maar aan die ander kant is daar reuse uit dagings. Suid- Afrika is nie...
