Tag: grain production
Agbiz Grain Quarterly November 2025
Agbiz Grain Quarterly covers it all – from South Africa’s grain silo history and the importance of preventative silo maintenance, to insights on hazardous...
Grow for Gold 2025: Several new national records set
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South Africa’s top grain producers set a string of new national yield records in maize, wheat, and soya beans at...
Theft burdens agricultural growth
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The recently released 2024/25 Stats SA Governance, Public Safety, and Justice Survey (GPSJS) once again echoed the disastrous effect of...
GOSA workshop: Guarding grain, growing trust
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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
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Grain is definitely the biggest source of energy in feed and that the cost of grain influences the cost...
Mechanisation considerations for drip irrigation systems
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Water scarcity is a growing problem due to climate change. Agriculture uses the most water in South Africa, so it...
SA grain industry shares notes with French counterparts
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EMC2, a French agricultural co-operative from Lorraine in France, approached AFGRI with a request to visit their facilities in order...
Compliance with JSE CDM rules and load shedding: A tough nut...
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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange or JSE-registered commercial storage operators in South Africa adhere to the JSE’s Commodity Derivative Market’s...
Structures for the on-farm storage of grain
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When you decide to store grain on your farm and need a storage structure for this purpose, there is most...
Bt maize: How to prevent resistance
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The word ‘stewardship’ is heard a lot in the agricultural industry. This is because producers are inherently custodians of the...