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Wegbreeksessies plaas bedryfsaangeleenthede onder die soeklig

Die liggingsdifferensiaal het aansienlike aandag op die wegbreeksessies gekry na aanleiding van die besoek van dr Matt Roberts en sy verwagte verslag en aanbevelings. Die uitbreiding van die kontantmark is ook bespreek. Navorsing het heelwat...

Eenheid en dialoog lei tot konsensus in mosie oor grond

April 2018 ALZENA GOMES, skakelbeampte, Graan SA Graanprodusente het weer eens gewys dat eenheid en dialoog as boustene gebruik kan word om konsensus te bereik – selfs wanneer uitdagende en emosionele onderwerpe soos grondonteiening sonder vergoeding...

An objective look at land reform

Mr Malcolm Ferguson (retired ambassador and associate: In Transformation Initiative) was invited to Congress to reflect on ways to make a new footprint in the South African grain industry. First a word of caution He cautioned...

Ontsluit mensekapitaal met effektiewe leierskap

April 2018 JOHAN SMIT, besturende redakteur, SA Graan/Grain Motivering word dikwels verpak in ‘n energieke praatjie wat deur ‘n dinamiese individu gelewer word. Soms kan motiveringsprekers luidrugtig (en selfs driftig) raak soos wat hulle jou uit jou...

Grain commodities: Looking back and ahead

Dr Werner Rossouw, a grain trader and director of Silostrat, addressed the Grain SA Congress on lessons to be learned in the grain trading environment. He had Congress delegates hanging on his every word...

A look at the seven wonders of grain production

April 2018 JENNY MATHEWS, SA Graan/Grain contributor Prof Fred Below is Professor of Plant Physiology in the Department Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois. Illinois is right in the centre of the lush maize belt and it...

Addressing the elephant in the room

April 2018 JENNY MATHEWS, SA Graan/Grain contributor Prof Mohammad Karaan was to address Congress about ‘Policy environment for future sustainable commercial and developing grain production’ – but he said much, much more. His quiet presence held his audience...

100 jaar (of langer)-mylpale gevier

Verskeie landboubesighede vier vanjaar hul eeuwording of selfs langer in die landboubedryf. Graan SA het tydens Kongres erkenning aan die volgende maatskappye gegee wat vanjaar 100 jaar oud is: BKB, Landbouweekblad, OVK, Overberg Agri,...

The power of relationships – a story of two game rangers

Game rangers Alex van den Heever and Renias Mhlongo have worked together for more than 23 years. Holding up a large brown seed, Alex demonstrated their symbiotic relationship in the bush. Neither the thumb...

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