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Restoring viability in South Africa’s wheat industry

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Low grain prices, rising input costs, and tightening margins are driving a sharp decline in grain producer confidence across profitability...

Grain producers brace for costs rise and prices fall

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Grain producers are facing turbulent times and must carefully consider how to use inputs more efficiently in order to "produce...

Harvest heatwave: Summer crops outgrow expectations

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes While a slight decline in most winter cereal crops is expected, South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC)’s eighth production forecast...

Sagis: Giving information certainty in uncertain times

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In an uncertain trade environment marked by weak economic growth, rising living costs, and persistent challenges such as power cuts,...

GOSA workshop: Guarding grain, growing trust

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes The development of audit criteria for health and safety – specifically regarding the grain storage industry and the growing problem...

The connection between grain markets and feed prices

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Grain is definitely the biggest source of energy in feed and that the cost of grain influences the cost...

SA grain industry shares notes with French counterparts

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes EMC2, a French agricultural co-operative from Lorraine in France, approached AFGRI with a request to visit their facilities in order...

Why and how do we dry grain?

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes When grain is harvested it is in the best condition it will ever be. From harvesting onwards, it can only...

Structures for the on-farm storage of grain

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes When you decide to store grain on your farm and need a storage structure for this purpose, there is most...

The agro-processing of small grains

Small grains or winter cereals are defined as oats, wheat, barley, rye, durum wheat and triticale. This article will cover some of the processing...