Southern African Grain laboratory NPC (SAGL)
The SAGL is an accredited laboratory, established in 1997 as a reference laboratory on request of the South African Grain Industry.
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South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS)
The main goal of SAGIS is the gathering, processing, analysing and timeous distribution of reliable agronomic information to all role-players. As time progressed and the needs of the industries changed, SAGIS was approached to also render additional information services to the industries, for example the monitoring of import tariffs, audit certificates for minimum market access and weekly import and export figures for the maize and wheat industries.
Continue reading →South African Grain Farmers Association (SAGRA)
The SA Grain Farmers Association (SAGRA) is a Non-Profit Organisation that is incorporated under South African legislation. The organisation was founded by grain farmers from various grain producing regions of South Africa in June 2018. South African Grain Farmers Association is a grain commodity organisation widely known as “SAGRA”. SAGRA is a voluntary membership based organisation that represents the interests of small-scale and developing commercial grain farmers in the South Africa grain industry.
Continue reading →South African Winter Cereal Industry Trust (SAWCIT)
SAWCIT is committed to support research projects that prioritise the development of new technology and methodologies, and the development of environmentally adapted winter cereal cultivars with the desired qualitites, that will optimise the production processes in harmony with the environment, and to support research of any other matters that enhance the industry and winter cereals in general.
Continue reading →Sorghum Trust (ST)
The Trust exercises its mandate principally by providing financial support for organisations conducting research, collecting and disseminating market information and performing transformation projects in the South African Sorghum Industry.
Continue reading →South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS)
The main goal of SAGIS is the gathering, processing, analysing and timeous distribution of reliable agronomic information to all role-players. As time progressed and the needs of the industries changed, SAGIS was approached to also render additional information services to the industries, for example the monitoring of import tariffs, audit certificates for minimum market access and weekly import and export figures for the maize and wheat industries.
Continue reading →Maize Trust (MT)
The Maize Trust was founded in August 1998 to promote the South African maize industry. The Trust serves the industry through financial support for institutions and organisations with programmes aimed at market and production related research. The secondary objectives of the Trust are to fund the assimilation and dissemination of market information and to broaden market access for the benefit of the maize industry.
Continue reading →Grain Handling Organisation of South Africa (GOSA)
Also known as the Graanhanteringsorganisasie van Suider Afrika, the Grain Handling Organisation of Southern Africa (GHOSA) aims to establish a forum for the gathering and exchange of information and knowledge to the furtherance of the industry.
Continue reading →Bargaining Council for the Grain Industry (BCGI)
The purpose of the Bargaining Council for the Grain Industry is to advance the interests of all stakeholders within the grain industry in their quest to enhance economic development and the promotion of social justice in terms of section 1 of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995 as amended.
Continue reading →South African Winter Cereal Industry Trust (SAWCIT)
SAWCIT is committed to support research projects that prioritise the development of new technology and methodologies, and the development of environmentally adapted winter cereal cultivars with the desired qualitites, that will optimise the production processes in harmony with the environment, and to support research of any other matters that enhance the industry and winter cereals in general.
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