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Effortless grain and seed cleaning
S
tressing the importance of posthar-
vest treatment is no novelty. It is a
mandatory element in the process
of grain production and storage,
especially for seed purposes. Systems for
postharvest handling is the most difficult
and complex in technological operations.
Using a variety of grain-cleaning machines
complicates the process and normally
wastes time. While preparing seed grains
only full-value grains must be selected.
Cleaning grain and preparing high quality
seed material is easy if you are
using Almaz. It is the only grain-
cleaning machine in the basis of
which lies the principle of separat-
ing grain according to their spe-
cific weight and quality.
Separator Almaz provides:
Cleaning according to biologi-
cal grain value (seed with high
protein and high gluten con-
tent).
Germinating ability up to
99,7%.
Increase in productivity of up
to 40%.
Removes foreign materials in
seed grains.
Quality cleaning and sorting
any kind of seed.
Simplicity in use.
Absence of screens.
Our equipment for grain pro-
cessing gives an opportunity
to improve the profitability of
your agricultural business.
FOCUS
Grain handling chain
Special
ELENA YUDINA,
managing director: Almaz Agro SA
Flippie van Tonder (Van Tonder Trans-
port Services), Dr Theo de Jager (SACAU
and PAFU), Derek Watts (
Carte Blanche
),
Adv Werner Bouwer (Nexus Forensic Ser-
vices) and Kallie Kriel (Afriforum).
This 34th symposium by GOSA was attend-
ed by about 200 delegates. Various grain
storage facilities and handlers, including
Afgri, Kaap Agri, NWK, Overberg Agri, OVK,
Senwes, Suidwes, SSK and VKB, as well
as the processing and distribution indus-
tries, financiers, input providers and vari-
ous statutory role-players were present.
Mr George du Plessis of Overberg Agri will
in future head GOSA Cape. He joins
Annatjie Loio of Unitrade (president), Esli
Rall of RMB (vice-president), Awie Kriel of
Cape Agri (vice-president), Gideon Ralepe-
li of Senwes Grainlink, Ferdinand Meyer
of Ronin GMS, Marco Pretorius of Afgri,
Hein Rehr of National Fumigants and Lukas
Swarts of Ensign Shipping on GOSA’s board.
Short overview of GOSA presentations
Dr Roelof Botha (economist)
With his advice to Government to ‘stop talking and start working to correct the mistakes’,
Dr Botha pointed out that South Africa’s problems are at micro level because every protest
action can be traced back to a geographic area where promises have been made about
infrastructure or services, and have not been met. It can be corrected with the right skills
and there are so many pragmatic ways to do it.
Nevertheless, Botha believes that while the inability of government leaders to curb the
growth potential of the economy, the president and his cadres cannot immerse South
Africa's economy worth R4,4 billion in recession.
Japie Snyman (Seaboard Overseas Trading and Shipping)
It is not easy or without challenges to land a vessel of grain locally or to export maize to
Korea, Singapore or Taiwan from South Africa. To do the calculations is one thing, but to
manage the practicalities is but one of the typical challenges which local importers of grain
face on a daily basis.
Looking back over a past season of inflated grain imports due to severe dry conditions ex-
perienced throughout the southern region of the continent, he added that a conducive en-
vironment for imports is not created by the South African government from an importer’s
point of view.
Flippie van Tonder (Van Tonder Transport Services)
Factors such as employing state of the art vehicles and trailers, well-remunerated drivers,
best management systems, strong relationships and personal involvement in management
differentiates grain specialised transporters from the rest.
HARBOURS AND
HANDLERS