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...
GRAIN TRUSTS support sustainability Part 3: Winter Cereal Trust
February 2019
MARIËTTA CRONJÉ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
The principal object of the Winter Cereal Trust is to undertake and/or financially support scientific, technical or industrial research with regard to winter cereals in South Africa.
Secondary objects of the Trust...
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...
KLIMAATSLIM-LANDBOU is sleutel tot voedselsekerheid
August 2018
ELIZABETH BOTHA, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
Alles moet in die stryd gewerp word om voedselsekerheid in Suid-Afrika deur klimaatslim-landbou te promoveer en só ekonomiese groei te bevorder, aldus dr Brylyne Chitsunge, die Pan-Afrika Parlement se ambassadeur vir...
Sasol Agricultural Trust to benefit agricultural industries at large
July 2017
LEON DU PLESSIS, administrator, Sasol Agricultural Trust
The Sasol Agricultural Trust was founded in March 2012 by Sasol Chemicals Industries Limited. The Trust received donations from the founder in the amount of R30 million.
The...
Trailblazer for youth in agriculture
February 2019
IKAGENG MALULEKE, junior economist, Grain SA
Most superheroes wear capes, but in real life, they do not. They come in the form of regular people like Mr Breyton Millford, who does extraordinary things for...
Gaan ek in die nuwe seisoen vir produksiekrediet kwalifiseer?
June 2016
JOHN PURCHASE, uitvoerende hoof: Agbiz
Die rampdroogte van die afgelope somerseisoen, en in sekere gebiede oor die afgelope drie seisoene, sal waarskynlik daartoe lei dat 'n groter persentasie graan produsente as normaalweg gaan sukkel...
Sunflower crop quality of the 2014/2015 production season
October 2016
JOLANDA NORTJÉ, manager: Laboratory, The Southern African Grain Laboratory NPC
The final commercial sunflower crop figure of the 2014/2015 season, as overseen by the National Crop Estimates Liaison Committee, is 663 000 tons. The...
Laboratory achieves OECD GLP compliance
June 2018
WIANA LOUW, general manager, SAGL
The Southern African Grain Laboratory (SAGL)’s Crop Protection test facility achieved OECD Good Laboratory Practice compliance during July last year. This means that results of studies conducted at the...
Sewe-stap miljoenêrsplan vir dames
November 2017
RUTH SCHULTZ, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
Dit is moontlik om in ‘n gebroke wêreld sprankelend te leef. Met hierdie boodskap het Monsanto hul kliënte se vroue sielskos gegee by die jaarlikse vrouedae wat op Lichtenburg,...
