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THE
GRAIN AND OILSEED INDUSTRY
OF SOUTH AFRICA – A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
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Maize Board’s first official export contract
with Taiwan concluded
Name of Wheat Board adopted
First national SAMPI Harvest Day takes place in Ottosdal
1973
Consolidation of losses in Stabilisation Fund
Land conversion scheme
Control over rye production terminated
1987
Overseas investigation of grain-marketing systems
Disaster drought and import of maize
Canola produced in South Africa for the first time
Kassier report released
Mr Nelson Mandela talks to NAMPO at the
NAMPO Harvest Day grounds
1992
Agriculture Marketing Policy Evaluation
Committee (AMPEC) established
1993
First democratic election held
African National Congress in power
1994
Deregulation of grain marketing
Marketing of Agricultural Products Act comes
into operation on 1 January 1997
1996
New maize marketing scheme replaces single-channel
marketing system
Exports only through boards
Recommendations for a change to the Oilseeds Scheme
accepted at the NOPO congress, paving the way
for deregulation
Quantitative control of wheat import control replaced
by tariff control
Draft act released for the replacement of the 1968 act
AMD established as independent part of Safex
1995
Establishment of coordination committee for control boards
First SAMPI Harvest Day held in Marthaville at Bothaville
1974
Recommendations about artificial drying of maize
1977
Amendments to the Marketing Act
1978
Introduction of summer grain scheme
Price hedging on futures market
1979
Shortage in Stabilisation Fund
SAMPI and SAMSO amalgamate and form NAMPO
First NAMPO Maize Man nominated
1980
Record maize crop
1981
Fertiliser exchange transaction concluded
Disaster drought and import of maize
First NAMPO Maize Scientist appointed
1982
Tests with polypropylene bags
Urea transaction with Romania and import of urea
Also exchange transaction of maize and oil with Iran
Maize farmers block delivery of maize at Randfontein
and Carletonville as a result of disgruntlement with
the announced maize price
Mass information meeting held by NAMPO
at Markötter Stadium in Klerksdorp
1985
Import of maize takes place
1983
Sorghum Board established – operates surplus
removal scheme
1986