A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME

THE

GRAIN AND OILSEED INDUSTRY

OF SOUTH AFRICA – A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME

VIII

Grain indust¢® timeline

(1902 - 2016)

Maize production receives a boost with the release

of cylinder-type threshers

1902

Global depression

1932/1933

So-called “Dust Bowl” occurs in the USA

SA Government adopts laws to restrict the import

of wheat and encourage production

1930

Production of white bread ceased completely (until 1948)

1941

Maize Regulation Act of 1931 accepted

Government starts to subsidise the export

of grain products

1931

Introduction of quantity prices

Rationing system introduced

Mixing of yellow maize with white

Prohibition on manufacturing of maize products

Food-control organisation established

1942

First grain silo erected for a mill in Vereeniging

1913

Marketing Act accepted

1937

Greater focus on wheat production

1910

Swartland producers establish

a miller’s company, Bokomo

1920

Wheat and maize regulation scheme introduced

Groundnuts grown commercially

for the first time during WWI

1939

Soybeans introduced to South Africa

1903

Groundnut Producers Advisory

Committee established

1934

Cultivation of wheat is encouraged and

bigger quantities of fertiliser and kraal manure

are provided for this

1917

Interim maize scheme introduced

Wheat-regulation scheme

1938

Hickory King maize cultivar introduced

1912

Establishment of boards

Overproduction of wheat

1935

Import duties on wheat temporarily suspended on account

of a crop failure in South Africa and high international prices

1920/1921

Bread subsidy introduced

1940