Hanteer paniek en spanning in hierdie tye só
Onsekere tye soos die wat ons tans beleef, is ’n ware teelaarde vir stres, paniek en angstigheid, maar wat nou daarmee gemaak? Hoe hanteer en oorkom ek dit?
Ek glo dié vrae is al deur...
Goeie arbeidspraktyke en -verhoudinge in die kollig
August 2016
— Hoe gemaak met jou werkers as jy jou boerderybedrywighede staak?
ELIZE VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, senior bestuurder: Arbeidsverhoudinge, Agri SA
Die impak van die huidige droogte kan dalk die produsent noop om sy boerderybedrywighede te...
Quality of the 2016/2017 sunflower crop in the spotlight
May 2018
JOLANDA NORTJÉ, manager: Laboratory, Southern African Grain Laboratory NPC
The 2016/2017 sunflower crop quality survey is the fifth annual survey performed by the Southern African Grain Laboratory (SAGL). The goal of this survey is...
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...
DIE KORT EN DIE LANK VAN PLAASVEILIGHEID: Wees wakker, wees paraat, wees reg
January 2016
PIETMAN BOTHA, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
Plaasveiligheid is jou eie verantwoordelikheid en geen beskermingsmaatreëls is ‘n waarborg dat jy nie ‘n slagoffer van ‘n ernstige geweldsmisdaad sal word nie. Maak seker dat jy ‘n plan...
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...
GROWING world grain market can benefit local industry
February 2019
MARIËTTA CRONJÉ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
South Africa is well placed to take advantage of expected growth in world grain markets. But to achieve it, we will have to establish better co-operation within the value chain and between...
Maak seker jy voldoen aan die brandwet
April 2018
ANDRIES WIESE, hoof: Landbou, Hollard
Die Nasionale Wet op Veld- en Bosbrande (Wet 101 van 1998) is hierdie jaar 20 jaar oud. Heelwat vrae oor wat die implikasies van die wet vir hulle is...
Nasionale kultivarevaluasievergadering weer gehou
April 2017
DR ANNELIE BARNARD, LNR-Kleingraan, Bethlehem
Met dié dat koringproduksie swaar trek in Suid-Afrika, is LNR-Kleingraan se Nasionale Kultivarevaluasieprogram (NCEP) steeds een van die belangrikste programme in die koringbedryf. Hierdie program evalueer alle vrygestelde koringkultivars...
Increased knowledge makes you a better farmer
August 2015
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
They say it's all in a name and the name Lungelwa means "all will be well". For the 2014 Grain SA/Syngenta Smallholder Farmer of the Year this has been...
