Neels Ferreira
latest news & developmentsMind-boggling rise in grain cost
The rise in production cost of grains such as wheat and maize was ”mind boggling”, Grain SA said on Thursday. The latest cost budgets for the production of wheat due to be…
Farmers warn of damage to summer grain crop
Summer grain crops have been badly affected by the limited rainfall and hot weather during February, said Grain SA on Thursday. Moisture deficiency would have an ”immensely…
Price-fixing in bread industry ‘was exploitation’
The outcome of the Competition Commission’s report on collusion in the bread and milling industry did not come as a surprise, Grain SA said on Thursday. The commission ordered…
Farmer union takes issue with expropriation comments
Since the beginning of the year not a single illegal farm eviction has been reported to farming union AgriSA, it said in a statement on Thursday. The union was responding to…