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New Era Producers (emerging producers) who produce more than 100 tons of grain for the commercial
market can also become commercial members of Grain SA by paying the prescribed fees as above.
Grain SA looks after the interests of grain producers in South Africa and in most cases it is difficult to
quantify the work done by Grain SA. In some cases, like the maintenance of the diesel rebate system,
changes to grading and Grain SA’s involvement in the opposition to LEAF Services, the monetary value
it holds for producers can be quantified. The main focus of Grain SA remains to keep grain producers
on the farm in a profitable and sustainable manner, whether the results can be measured or not.
In addition to the work Grain SA does to look after the interests of grain producers, there are also
exclusive benefits for which Grain SA members qualify. These benefits include the following:
Action Ford Roodepoort offers special prices to Grain SA members on any vehicle.
Tax-free savings plan with Corporate Guarantee.
Free NAMPO, NAMPO Alfa and NAMPO Cape tickets, plus allocated parking.
COLLECTION OF LEVY
Grain SA is a voluntary organisation and the levy is therefore collected via different methods. The
two most common ways for collecting the Grain SA levy are through collection agents and direct
payments to Grain SA.
By collection agents
Collection agents are mainly companies that are involved in trading, handling, storage and process-
ing of grain. Grain SA concludes contracts with these companies, who then collect the levy from
producers and pay it over to Grain SA.
As the Grain SA levies are voluntary, these companies react in response to permission by the
producers to collect the levies. However, it is important for producers to make sure that they give
their authorisation to all companies where grain is delivered so that the levies are collected and
paid over to Grain SA.
The logos below show the partners who currently collect Grain SA levies. It is also important for
Grain SA to expand the network of agents and therefore Grain SA continues to reach out to busi-
nesses in the grain value chain to approach them as agents for Grain SA.
COLLECTION AGENTS
Amandel
Graan
Atlanta Grain
Producers
Countrywide
Nuts (PTY) LTD
SS Silo Co
MARKETING, NAMPO AND
RESEARCH COORDINATION