Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa

Internship programme for grain silo managers

Agbiz Grain and the Peritum Agri Institute are joining forces to grow a pipeline of work-ready grain silo managers in South Africa. In addition to affording 70 young people access to a career in grain.....

Don’t underrate the value of internships

Do not neglect interns by having them do menial work that keeps them from really sinking their teeth into the business aspects of a company to gain some much-needed industry experience.This is the adv.....

Agricultural resilience can ensure food security

The drought has laid bare the extraordinary resilience of our producers. Despite grappling with the harsh realities of climate change, these unsung heroes continue to toil, ensuring our country remain.....

Hyperspectral imaging: See grain grading differently

Combining machine learning with data collected from light interactions with objects, hyperspectral imaging could one day enable grain storage operators to grade grain more quickly, efficiently, and wi.....

South Africa’s mineral wealth and its importance to agriculture

The long-term global growth in the production of staple foods and commodities such as maize, sorghum, wheat, soya beans, and sunflower seed is dependent on population growth. Long- term trends over se.....

Revolutionising farming with agritech

Nico Groenewald, former head of Agribusiness at Standard Bank, conveyed a strong message at the TLU SA congress in September this year: “Don’t let poor technological decisions impede financial decisio.....

Laws and regulations in the agricultural sector

Agriculture is constantly evolving, whether in respect of products, working conditions, or marketing strategies. As technology,  market dynamics, and consumer needs and preferences change, those .....

Future-proofing food security

According to an article by Wolfram Schlenker, a professor at Columbia University, and David Lobell of Stanford University, published in Environmental  Research Letters, climate change could cause.....

Focus on China and Middle East agri trade

With South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s state visit to China concluded,  the next stop should be the Middle East. But before transitioning to the Middle East, let’s briefly examine China’s.....

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