Internationally benchmarked testing services to support local excellence
June 2015
WIANA LOUW, general manager: Southern African Grain Laboratory
The Southern African Grain Laboratory (SAGL) was founded in 1997 by the grain and oilseeds industries as the reference laboratory with the purpose of measuring the...
A look at the quality overview of the 2014/2015 maize crop
September 2016
JOLANDA NORTJÉ, manager: Laboratory, The Southern African Grain Laboratory NPC
The impact of the drought conditions experienced over large parts of the maize production regions, was observed not only with regards to a significant...
No place for weakest links
November 2017
RUTH SCHULTZ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
The grain and oilseed industry is continuously identifying, analysing, evaluating and addressing issues that can put the industry at risk. Agbiz Grain invited various speakers to its annual mini...
CLIMATE IS CHANGING — food and agriculture must too
October 2016
SHERYL HENDRIKS, director: Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria
Drought has played a significant role in driving agriculture and food policy reform in South Africa.
Drought is a recurrent theme in South...
Goeie arbeidspraktyke en -verhoudinge in die kollig
October 2015
— LWO Werkgewersorganisasie (Deel 1)
ANSOFIE TIEDT, bestuurder: Bemarking, LWO Werkgewersorganisasie
Belangrike wysigings aan arbeidswetgewing wat tussen 1990 en 1994 in werking getree het, het ‘n behoefte na dienste wat tipies deur ‘n werkgewersorganisasie aangebied...
It’s not the colour of our skin, but the colour of our heart that...
August 2015
ESTIE DE VILLIERS, editor: SA Graan/Grain
Ms Jenny Mathews, producer from Sannieshof in the North West Province, has been very involved in organised agriculture in the past years. She was the first women to...
Feeding the world
September 2017
Hanlie du Plessis, SA Graan/Grain contributor
Hunger not only affects the stomach, it also has direct influence on the development of children all over the world – physically as well as mentally. Too many men and...
Feedback on WIKWIO: The third technical workshop
March 2016
HESTIA NIENABER, ARC-Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem
The Weed Identification and Knowledge in the Western Indian Ocean (WIKWIO) project focuses on weed knowledge and management through an informed scientific and technological approach. Agriculture is the...
