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Fouché Germishuys from
Heilbron was the lucky
winner of the weather
station on the first day of
Nampo 2017.
The winner of the
weather station on the
second day of Nampo
2017 was Jan Cronje
from Virginia.
Lots of action and winners with
Senwes Grainlink at Nampo Harvest Day 2017
IF YOU ATTENDED NAMPO
2017, YOU WILL PROBABLY
AGREE THAT IT WAS AN
EXCEPTIONAL EVENT
WHERE 51 YEARS OF EXPE-
RIENCE IN THE PRESENTA
TION OF THE LARGEST
AGRICULTURAL SHOW
IN SOUTH AFRICA, WAS
RECONFIRMED.
MARIETJIE GROBLER
S
enwes was no exception and
the Grainlink stall attracted a
lot of attention.
The biggest attraction was
the silo model, which young
and old enjoyed. Numerous
people admitted that they had
no idea of how grain gets into a
silo, how it is handled and out
loaded at a later stage. Personnel
used the opportunity to explain
basic grain handling processes.
In addition a number of videos
could be watched with special
3D-equipment, which provided
a lifelike experience of the inside
of a silo and the processes taking
place in a silo.
Real-time Safex grain market
prices were shown on a large
screen every day between 09:00
and 12:00 and visitors could
obtain advice from our grain
marketing advisors. The Nation
in Conversation sessions were also
broadcast live from a studio on the
premises and could be followed in
the Grainlink stall.
Grainlink also launched two
competitions - participants could
win an electronic weather station
to the value of R6 000 on each
of the four Nampo days, or a gift
voucher to the value of R1 000,
redeemable at any Hinterland
branch. In order to qualify for
the weather station, participants
had to trade imaginary grain on a
simulated market game. The best
“trader” was selected by a compu
ter at the end of the day. To quali
fy for the gift voucher, partici
pants had to download the new
Grainlink App on their phones
and answer the easy daily compe
tition question. They also had to
place their competition forms in a
special container at the stall.
Winners were announced at
15:00 every day, when they were
told exactly how to fully utilise the
prizes. It was most unusual when,
on the final day, the winner of the
weather station was also the win
ner of the gift voucher.
The winner of the weather station on the
third day of Nampo 2017 was Lourens van
Eeden from Swellendam.
Rikus van Rooyen from Heilbron was the
lucky winner of both the gift voucher and
the weather station on the final day of
Nampo 2017.
Well-known news anchor, Jeremy Maggs,
enjoys the 360 silo-experience at the
Senwes Grainlink stall at Nampo 2017.
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