GENERAL
Pieter & Tshepo
DID YOU KNOW?
40% of the global population
works in agriculture. Agriculture
is the single largest employer in
the world.
IN SHORT
GRAIN MARKET
FRANCOIS STRYDOM
Senwes Group CEO
After meeting with the Executive team of
the Free State Department of Agriculture at
Senwes Head Office on 31 October 2018.
‶ We highly commend the process of
the Department of reaching out to the
private sector and role players. We
are of the view that this is the right
way forward, a partnership between
the Department, State and Provincial
Government and private initiative to
″
make our country work.
CHRISTO VAN DER RHEEDE
Deputy Executive Director: Agri SA
Regarding Agri SA’s AgroHub website
launched during the organisation’s annual
congress that took place in Pretoria.
‶ Through the transformation of the
e ...
h
t
Via apevine
Gr
Reed the complete Grain market
article by Hansie Swanepoel
at this link: http://senwes.co/
hansie119 or scan the QR-code.
RISENGA MALULEKE
Statistician-General
On the Census of Commercial Agriculture
that will run from 15 October 2018 to June
2019.
‶ The aim of the Census of
sector, the AgroHub seeks to show-
case all our best practices to ensure
that there is sufficient support for our Commercial Agriculture is to collect
basic quantitative information on the
sector. This information is essential
for planning, policy formulation and
new generation farmer. measuring food security.
″
The movement of grain prices over the
past few weeks, once again empha-
sised the importance of a marketing
plan.
A marketing plan must be dynamic
and must ensure that one can share
in higher prices. Marketing decisions
must be based on profit levels, rather
than aiming for the higher possible
price.
Options will assist to a large ex-
tent to achieve the above goals. By
participating in the market objectively
and focused, a producer can position
himself in the market in such a manner
as to derive maximum benefit from the
opportunities offered by the market.
″
FRANCOIS STRYDOM
Senwes Group Chief Executive
Senwes challenged the nation to braai on
Friday, 1 February 2019, thereby heeding
the Agri SA call on all South Africans to
solve the problems of the producers by
braaiing.
‶ If every South African should ate
1kg more red meat, we will probably
″
wipe out the surplus.
‶ I have travelled the world to meet with farmers and I still have not found farmers that are more ingenious, resilient
and forward-looking than South African farmers. ″ – JESUS MADRAZO
Crop Science Head of Agriculture Affairs and Sustainability: Bayer • Speaking at the Agri SA Congress 2018 on the nature of farmers.
SENWES SCENARIO | MIND-SHIFT 2019
03