2018
LOVE, HARD WORK and CHARACTER make the farmer
LOVE, HARD WORK and CHARACTER make the farmer April 2018 It is true that all around the world the farming population is aging. I recently read that the average age of a farmer in South Africa is 62 years and in the United States it is 55. In a world where food insecurity levels are
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UNITY AND DIALOGUE LEADS TO CONSENSUS IN LAND REFORM MOTION
09 Mar 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAMPO Park, Bothaville – Grain producers once again demonstrated that unity and dialogue can be used as building blocks to reach consensus, even when tackling difficult and emotional topics such as expropriation without compensation. Grain SA, at its annual Congress, which concluded yesterday, successfully passed a motion on land
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GRAIN SA SUPPORTS CURRENT CONSTITUTION
09 Mar 2018 GRAIN SA SUPPORTS CURRENT CONSTITUTION Grain SA recognises the need for, and supports land reform and transformation in South Africa. At its annual Congress yesterday, Grain SA passed a motion on land reform and reiterated it is completely possible to achieve land reform within the confines of the current Constitution, which the organisation
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COVER CROPS – lower risk and enhance production
COVER CROPS – lower risk and enhance production March 2018 We live in an ever changing agricultural economic and climatic environment. Local climate change, which has been experienced in many locations, is largely determined by the sea temperature many thousands of kilometres away. This in turn is caused by the variable and sometimes very high
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DRDAR & GRAIN SA empower Eastern Cape farmers
DRDAR & GRAIN SA empower Eastern Cape farmers March 2018 During 2017, Grain SA entered into a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the DRDAR in the Eastern Cape. The overall purpose of the agreement is to establish working relations and partnership in terms of supporting the development of subsistence and smallholder farmers to increase their
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New season prospects for maize
New season prospects for maize March 2018 It is always good to look back and assess lessons learnt in previous years and use those lessons to anticipate what could be expected in the year ahead. The 2017/2018 marketing year was no doubt a good year in as far as production goes. Maize production reached a
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TRANSPORT YOUR EMPLOYEES SAFELY!
TRANSPORT YOUR EMPLOYEES SAFELY! March 2018 Throughout our series of articles, we have emphasised the fact that a farming business is one of the most difficult businesses to manage. This is because of the specific circumstances related to a farming business such as the weather and prolonged production cycles. The transport of employees is also
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60 YEARS OF SUSTAINING OUR FARMERS’ SUCCESS
60 YEARS OF SUSTAINING OUR FARMERS’ SUCCESS March 2018 PANNAR’s story begins in Greytown in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands in 1958. PANNAR started as a humble seed company focusing on supplying hybrid maize seed to farmers in the region. PANNAR grew into a major force in the hybrid maize market in South Africa. Built on old-school
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THE CORNER POST
THE CORNER POST March 2018 In the previous edition of Pula Imvula, we found out more about Edwin Thulo Mahlatsi from Bothaville in the Free State. With the support of Grain SA and the help of his mentor, Christiaan Bouwer, Edwin was the winner of the 2017 Grain SA/Absa/John Deere Financial New Era Commercial Farmer