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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

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 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

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 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

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...

Mechanisation considerations for drip irrigation systems

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 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

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...

Compliance with JSE CDM rules and load shedding: A tough nut...

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes 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

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...

Bt maize: How to prevent resistance

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes The word ‘stewardship’ is heard a lot in the agricultural industry. This is because producers are inherently custodians of the...