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Issues relating to maize grading regulations
Published: 02/05/2024
In March 2024 the DALRRD rejected Agbiz Grain’s application for a deviation to the published maize grading regulations. The organisation subsequently applied for a permanent change to the regulations before the start of the maize marketing year, which runs from 1 May to 30 April.
Agbiz Grain has identified deficiencies in parts of the text that can be better and more clearly stated. As it stands, it is impractical and out of context. (See our complete article elsewhere in this issue of Agbiz Grain Quarterly.) The request aims to improve the regulations, subject to the agreement of the relevant sectors and stakeholders. Should there be no objections to this application and all stakeholders agree, we have asked the DALRRD to then consider a permanent change to the regulations. – Agbiz Grain