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Meet the partners of the Farmer Development Programme March 2022 Coinciding with Grain SA’s dream of a united and prosperous agricultural sector is the dream of South African breweries (sab) that 100% of their direct agricultural suppliers should be skilled, empowered and connected by 2025. That is one of the main reasons why these two

Ethanol is a demand driver March 2022 CHRISTIAAN VERCUEIL, INTERN ECONOMIST AT GRAIN SA    The use of ethanol originated in 1826 where it was used as fuel for engines. In the 1850s it was used as a medium to light fires. During the American civil war these uses were stopped as all forms of

Highest rainfall in 100 years wreaks havoc March 2022 Although producers are always grateful for rain, the season so far has created many challenges where producers could not access fields on time due to high rainfall figures, and where producers managed to plant, water damage has occured. The current South African summer grain production season

‘With information, farming is even better’ March 2022 LOUISE KUNZ, PULA IMVULA CONTRIBUTOR   Edward Magwaza (53) thought he knew how to farm. It was only when his path crossed with the experts of the Grain SA team that he realised how little he actually knew. Through skills development he is now able to perform

Ensuring successful planting March 2022 Grain SA’s agriculture development team focuses on the double edge of 1) farmer empowerment in terms of knowledge transfer and skills development; and 2) agricultural best practices. To this end we walk a road beside the farmer as he grows his commercial grain farming enterprise. December 2021 saw various critical

A word from … Liana Stroebel February 2022 Farming must be one of the hardest but greatest jobs on earth. It takes a very special type of person to be a good farmer. Liking the outdoors or fixing things is certainly not enough anymore! A true farmer needs to be a ‘jack of all