Goeie arbeidspraktyke en -verhoudinge in die kollig
June 2015
— Wat is regtig die oorsaak van arbeidsprobleme op plase?
PIETMAN BOTHA, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
Wat is die werklike oorsaak dat so baie plaasarbeiders nie in die werksplek kan funksioneer nie? Werkers word dieselfde hanteer...
Wheat quality expert visits ARC-SGI’s Cereal Chemistry Laboratory
May 2015
BAREND WENTZEL, ARC-Small Grain Institute
Dr Carlos Guzman Garcia, head of the Wheat Chemistry and Quality Laboratory at the International Centre for Wheat and Maize Improvement (CIMMYT) in El Batan, Mexico, visited South Africa...
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...
Ottosdal Bewaringslandboukonferensie: Positiewe impak op produsentebewustheid
May 2015
HENDRIK SMITH, bewaringslandboufasiliteerder, Graan SA
Danksy die hoogs suksesvolle Ottosdal Bewaringsland boukonferensie wat in 2014 gehou is, is ‘n tweede konferensie vanjaar op 11 en 12 Maart gehou. Die oorweldigend positiewe terugvoer van konferensiegangers...
Maak vroegtydig voorbrand
May 2015
SA GRAAN/GRAIN REDAKSIE
Produsente word daaraan herinner om vroegtydig hierdie jaar voor brand teen veldbrande te maak. Met die afgelope droë seisoen wat produsente gehad is, is die kanse vir veldbrande baie groot dié...
Western Cape Department of Agriculture takes the Annual Combined Congress by storm
April 2015
JOHANN STRAUSS, JOHAN LABUSCHAGNE and ANNELENE SWANEPOEL, Department of Agriculture, Western Cape Government
The annual Combined Congress of the South African Societies for Soil, Horticultural, Weed and Crop Sciences were held in George, from...
Good labour practices and relationships in the spotlight
April 2015
— Vastrap Enterprises (Part 2)
ELMARIE HELBERG, SA Graan/Grain contributor
In the March issue of SA Graan/Grain we talked to Quentin and Marisa de Bruyn of Vastrap Enterprises about their staff – which they believe is the...
I invest in agriculture because I want to lead from the front
March 2015
Profile: Minister Senzeni Zokwana
JOHAN SMIT, SA Graan/Grain editorial team
The honourable minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mr Senzeni Zokwana (59), dedicated time in his busy schedule to answer questions put to him by...
Hoe “goed” is die kwaliteit van die broodmeel op die winkelrak?
March 2015
CHRISSIE MILES en BAREND WENTZEL, LNR-Kleingraaninstituut, 'n Instituut van die LNR-Veldgewasdivisie
Suid-Afrikaanse koringteelt program me sorg al vir jare dat die kultivars wat hulle vrystel, voldoen aan die kultivarvrystellingsnorme soos deur die bedryf verlang....
Good labour practices and relationships in the spotlight
March 2015
— Vastrap Enterprises (Part 1)
ELMARIE HELBERG, SA Graan/Grain contributor
At Vastrap Enterprises, a mixed farming business near Ladybrand in the eastern Free State, it is believed that if farm workers are treated with respect...
