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Editor ' s letter
It ’ s Nampo time ! editor in chief Marlon Abrahams Tel : 018 464 7349 marlon . abrahams @ senwes . co . za
IT ' S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN - NAMPO TIME ! THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF NEW THINGS TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE AT THIS AGRICULTURAL SHOW , WHICH WILL BE EN- TERING A NEW PHASE , NAMELY IT ’ S NEXT 50 YEARS . THIS MEANS THAT IT IS ALSO TIME FOR NA- TION IN CONVERSATION , SENWES GRAINLINK AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL BE PRE- SENTED AT THIS ANNUAL EVENT ON THE AGRI- CULTURAL CALENDAR .
The language of choice for many producers is Afrikaans , but just to remind our Senwes Scenario readers , complete English and Afrikaans versions of the Scenario are available on-line . In addition Senwes also has a new website in both Afrikaans and English .
Let ’ s be honest - English is not exactly a strong point for most of the traditional South African producers .
I was reminded of this once again at the recent Grain SA congress at Nampo Park , where
a number of congress-goers made use of the interpreting facilities to listen to the translated version of certain speakers . The experts say that in order to learn something quite easily , one should keep it relevant and break it up into more manageable portions .
Let ’ s take rain as an example - which we were so blessed with in February .
Think of the irresistable smell of wet soil which makes any producer smile during a rain shower and which creates a huge desire for him to get into his tractor . The English equivalent is Petrichor ! It is the smell of raindrops on dry soil . The word is made up of two basic words . Firstly Petra , which means stone , and secondly ichor , which , in the Greek mythology , is the liquid that runs in the veins of gods . In English we would probably talk about the smell of God ’ s water .
Producers are probably the biggest lovers of rain in the total universe . Pluviophile means exactly that - to be a lover of rain . Pluvio is a Latin word which means rain and , as we learned at school , phile at the back of a word refers to the person executing the action . Pluviophile is therefore a person who finds peace and joy on rainy days .
We hope that the rain will bring record crops . But our Senior Grain Analyst , Thys Grobbelaar , will tell us more about this in his article .
Aubrey Kruger
REDAKTEUR editor Aubrey Kruger Tel : 018 464 7449 aubrey . kruger @ senwes . co . za
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