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Single-channel marketing system introduced
1944
Scheme for seed maize introduced
Lifting of control over grain sorghum
1946
Rationing measures revoked
1947
Hybrid maize-seed scheme introduced
Maize Board operates single-channel pooled system
for sorghum as temporary measure
The National Party comes into power
1948
Mission abroad about handling bulk exports
No control over sorghum until 1957
1949
First soybean cultivar for South African
conditions developed
Winter grain scheme
1950
Funds made available for Lichtenburg bulk storage facility
Loan scheme for building of grain silos introduced
1951
State grants R10 million for bulk facilities
Oilseeds control scheme and Oilseeds Control Board
– sunflower and groundnuts – single-channel pooled system
1952
Lichtenburg trial bulk storage commissioned
Marconi hygrometer used for the first time
Committee on insect control introduced for the first time
Stabilisation fund established
1953
Restriction on the export of maize products
Maize Board operates single-channel pooled system
for sorghum again
1958
Consolidation of maize-grading regulations
1959
Introduction of the advisory committee on bulk storage
Conservation agriculture established in South Africa
since the sixties
1960
Takeover of the railway grain silos by the Maize Board
Compulsory insect control introduced
First million tons domestic wheat crop
1964
Import of maize. SAMPI established
1966
Expansion of “Joseph’s policy” supplies
First SAMPI Harvest Day held
1967
Marketing Act of 1968 accepted
Oilseeds Board’s name accepted and also
controls soybean marketing
1968
Maize Board moves into new head office
SAMPI holds regional harvest days (Free State,
Eastern Transvaal and Western Transvaal)
1969
Change of the board’s name to Maize Board
1970
Change to metric system
Wheat Board starts to develop durum wheat cultivar
and soft cultivar for South Africa
1971
Committee established for maize-seed industry
Computer commissioned at the Maize Board
1972
Global shortage of grain as a result of WWII
Savings measures introduced
First female member of the Wheat Board,
Ms AJE Nel, appointed
1945
GRAIN INDUSTRY TIMELINE