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Pieter & Tshepo
Johan Minnaar
Producer in the Kroonstad area
“ ’A farmer is a strange thing: he
always believes that next year
will be the best year ever.”
Andy Crocker
Managing Director,
Meadow Feeds
“South Africa will have to
import a record quantity of white
and yellow maize this year, an
estimated 3,5 million tons. We
may have had sufficient grain
before, but we don't any longer.”
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Louw Steytler
Outgoing Chairman
of Grain SA
“Land in itself is the cornerstone
of food security. I’ve seen the
most unbelievable things in
farming across colour lines.”
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“De droogte die in 1998 begon
in de Levant, het oostelijke
Middellandse Zeegebied waar
Cyprus, Israël, Jordanië,
Libanon, de Palestijnse
gebieden, Syrië en Turkije
liggen, is waarschijnlijk de
hevigste van de afgelopen
negen eeuwen. Dat stellen
NASA-wetenschappers op
basis van nieuw onderzoek.”
Dan Kriek
Chairman of Free State
Agriculture and ViceChairman of Agri SA
“With the assistance of govern
ment our farmers will be able
to produce a maize surplus next
year. However, if we still do not
understand that government
will have to assist us, everybody
will understand it after this
year. The South African
farmer has always subsidised
the consumer. This year we
will learn what it means if
it can no longer be done.”
Dirk Steenkamp
Producer in the Vredefort district
“Africa will mess with you
if you are not firm.”
Isak Smit,
Scientist at South African
National Parks Service
“We’ve got sympathy with agriculture
and local communities.The wellbeing
and livelihoods of a lot of human
beings are severely affected by this
drought. However, in these natural
systems, like national parks, we
realise that droughts are actually
natural and important events that
have been happening over millennia.”
Louis de Kock
Mega-farmer from Barkley-West
Land reform can “crush and
destroy” the country if it is
not handled correctly.
Have you contributed to the drought disaster fund?
THE AGRI SA DROUGHT DISASTER FUND NEEDS YOUR HELP.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR DONATION: Donations can
be made via the webpage www.droogterampfonds.co.za
with various payment options like EFT, Credit cards, Check
and Debit cards, SnapScan or by SMS at R30 per SMS.
WHY MUST I CONTRIBUTE? Senwes appeals
to all concerned South Africans to stand by our
producers because they play a critical role in the food security of this country and the economy of the countryside.
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