Good luck with the harvest time that lies ahead I find it incredible how quickly a year can go by these days – that's what makes this time of year so special to me.... the time when the Overberg is at its most beautiful, with the yellow and green fields surrounding us lying as far [...]

We will come out stronger on the other side Time flies by faster and faster. I think this year it is even more applicable than any other year in the period I have been involved in the grain industry. Nobody wears masks anymore and COVID-19 doesn't even make the news anymore. The effects of an [...]

On the eve of the 2022 summer crop intake After much anticipation and challenges, we are now at the beginning of the summer crop harvest that is being delivered over most parts of our country. This harvest came with a full arsenal of challenges and Mother Nature threw everything she had at agriculture. The season [...]

GOSA salutes the industry for commitment We are at the start of December 2021. Exciting! In the recent past, we have also seen the “birth” of a new Covid strain called Omicron. One can only hope that we’ve learned from experience; that this December will be more “normal” and that we will be able to [...]

Saddle up, your industry needs you! One can hardly believe that 2021 is almost done, which goes to show that when our GOSA members are challenged by a pandemic and its consequences, they rise to the occasion and tackle the bull by the horns. This must be the reason why time seems to fly by [...]

Keep the value chain functional in times like these Greetings to all the GOSA members from a cold and wet Overberg. We are already in the middle of 2021. Winter has definitely arrived around here – as well as in the rest of the country. We have been blessed with good rains at the right [...]

Respect agriculture’s contribution to stability Time is racing past at an ever-increasing pace. I think this year this is even more applicable than in any other year I have been involved in grain. The consequences of a rainy season that came earlier, producers who could plant earlier than in the past few years, and sufficient [...]

Huge pressure on logistics network expected hence the bumper harvest As we started the New Year in 2021 the situation looked very serious particularly in KwaZulu-Natal with COVID-19 fatalities increasing daily. For many of us the deadly impact of Covid-19 and its new mutations regrettably is now only fully being appreciated. There are a lot [...]

To all friends and members in the grain industry… What a year 2020 has been! It was filled with challenges, hiccups and lockdowns! But, like the resilient industry we are, we managed the difficulties and here we are at the beginning of 2021. Whatever problems await us in the future, we’ll work out solutions as [...]

Take account of 2020 and live the change in 2021 Good day to all from a very hot Johannesburg. Can you believe that the year 2020 is rushing towards an end? We have seen a year full of trials and tribulations. We are also amidst the amazing harvest being taken off the fields in the [...]