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THE
GRAIN AND OILSEED INDUSTRY
OF SOUTH AFRICA – A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
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IN SOUTH AFRICA
Production of g¢ain and oilseeds
Each of the different grains and oilseeds in South Africa
has a unique production course in history, but they were
nevertheless often affected in a comparable manner by the
same conditions and developments, whether these were
mechanical and technological development, climatic condi-
tions, global events or political and social events and devel-
opments in South Africa.
INTRODUCTION
The most important influence on the industries probably came from the introduction
of control over the marketing of agricultural products in terms of the first Marketing
Act of 1937, and again about 50 years later by the Marketing of Agricultural Products
Act of 1996, which abolished control.
Examples of the ploughs and harrows in the time of the Voortrekkers and just after
that period.
Soil cultivation in the early 1900s.
Video: In order to get ahead one has to be
familiar with the history – Mr Crawford von Abo.
