12 Nov 2021 With good soil moisture and early spring rains, summer grain producers are grateful, excited and full of hope for the new season, but input price increases threaten to put severe pressure on the profitability of grains and oilseeds. Since South Africa is very dependent on imports of inputs, the recent input price
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30 Sep 2021 Grain SA hosted the second annual Grow for Gold National Yield Competition on 30 September 2021 in Muldersdrift, celebrating 42 producers across 15 categories for outstanding yields achieved with maize, soybean and sunflower crops across South Africa. With the continuous support of event sponsor Pioneer, supported by Corteva, this prestigious event creates synergy
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18 Jun 2021 Grain SA today announced that Dr Pieter Taljaard is appointed as the organisation’s new CEO. He will take over the reins from Jannie de Villiers from 1 September 2021 following Jannie’s earlier announcement that he will be stepping down as CEO at the end of August. Pieter is well known in
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03 Jun 2021 Grain SA’s renowned annual agricultural tradeshow, the 2021 NAMPO Harvest Day that was rescheduled for 17 – 20 August has been cancelled, the organisation announced today. Following the initial postponement earlier this year, government policies and guidelines permitting, the arrival of the 3rd COVID-19 wave, and the amendments to the lockdown levels
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19 Feb 2021 The leadership team of Grain SA recently considered the structures of the organisation and in line with its strategic objectives, have the pleasure to announce the appointment of Sandile Ngcamphalala as Manager of its Farmer Development Programme as of 1 March 2021. Ngcamphalala will provide strategic direction of the programme as a
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04 Feb 2021 Following an Executive Meeting, Grain SA today announced the postponement of the 2021 NAMPO Harvest Day to 17-20 August 2021, hopeful that Government policies and guidelines permit the postponed date. Grain SA will evaluate and review the date on 1 June 2021 if necessitated by the National State of Disaster. With the
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26 Jan 2021 Following on the success of the first Grow for Gold National Yield Competition hosted by Grain SA last year, the organisation is excited to announce the launch of the 2021 competition. Formal yield contests provide an estimate of yield potential under similar conditions, for a specific region, motivating producers to achieve outstanding
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Face the financial woes of South Africa December 2020 Marius Greyling, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to mariusg@mcgacc.co.za The motivation for this article was inspired by an article by Andries Wiese – ‘how SA’s financial woes affect your business,’ published in the Farmer’s Weekly of 29 November 2019. The woes addressed were currency
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Lentils – a possible alternative food crop of the future December 2020 Dr Alina Mofokeng, ARC-Grain Crops, Potchefstroom. Send an email to MofokengA@arc.agric.za Lentils (Lens Culinaris) are an annual pulse crop traditionally grown in West Asia, East and North Africa, the Indian Sub-continent and in the recent past in North America and Oceania. It
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Pigeon pea – a potential crop for food and health security December 2020 Dr Alina Mofokeng, ARC-Grain Crops, Potchefstroom. Send an email to MofokengA@arc.agric.za Food and nutrition security as well as climate change are serious challenges in the world today. However, many production countries are endowed with unique crops that can grow in harsh
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