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Since March 2019, a breeding and technology levy has been implement-
ed on soybeans to compensate seed companies for their investment in
genetics and technology in the soybean seed market. Since its inception
there has already been positives of this system visible.
A breeding and technology levy has been running on wheat and barley
for a third year already and on oats for one year.
Many cultivars have been released for these crops since the inception
of the breeding and technology levy.
SEED AVAILABILITY
Sansor assured Grain SA during the annual meeting of the two
organisations (17 September 2019) that a sufficient quantity of grain and
oilseed seeds will be available for the 2019/2020 production season.
However, they stated that seed of certain popular sizes and varieties
might be limited. This was with the exception of groundnut seed that
struggled with production due to the late rains and drought of the
previous season.
Liaison with Sansor on a regular basis is important to ensure that
problems can be solved together. At the same time, greater efficiencies
in grain and oilseed production can be achieved. Other issues that were
addressed with the representative body of the seed industry include:
Market trends and production costs for the grain and oilseed industry.
Maize seed exports to the USA.
Breeding and technology levy.
Sclerotinia on sunflower and soybean seed.
Alternaria on sunflower.
New cultivars vs new active ingredients.
Maize cultivar trials.
Sansor certification scheme.
Possible alternative for thiram seed treatment.
Alternative breeding technology and South Africa’s stance on it.
ISF Congress 2020 in South Africa.
The fertiliser industry
FERTILISER PRICES
From September 2018 to September 2019, international prices of
ammonia, urea, and DAP decreased with varying amounts, while potas-
sium chloride increased significantly.
Table 1
(on page 66) shows the
year-on-year price changes of international fertiliser prices in dollar terms.
Sedert Maart 2019 is ’n teling- en tegnologieheffing op sojabone
geïmplementeer om saadmaatskappye vir hulle belegging in genetika
en tegnologie in die sojaboonsaadmark te vergoed. Sedert dit ingestel
is, het die stelsel reeds positiewe resultate getoon.
’n Teling- en tegnologieheffing is reeds vir die derde jaar op koring en
gars van toepassing, en op hawer reeds vir ’n jaar.
Talle kultivars is reeds sedert die implementering van die teling- en
tegnologieheffing vrygestel.
BESKIKBAARHEID VAN SAAD
Sansor het Graan SA tydens die jaarlikse vergadering van die twee
organisasies (17 September 2019) verseker dat ’n voldoende hoeveelheid
graan- en oliesaad-saad vir die 2019/2020-produksieseisoen beskik-
baar sal wees. Hulle het egter gesê dat saad van sekere gewilde groottes
en variëteite dalk beperk kan wees. Dit was met die uitsondering van
grondboonsaad, wat as gevolg van die laat reën en die droogte van die
vorige seisoen uitdagings met produksie getoon het.
Dit is belangrik om op ’n gereelde grondslag met Sansor te skakel om
seker te maak dat probleme gesamentlik opgelos kan word. Terselfdertyd
kan groter doeltreffendheid met graan- en oliesaadproduksie bereik
word. Ander kwessies wat met die verteenwoordigende liggaam van die
saadbedryf bespreek is, sluit in:
Marktendense en produksiekoste vir die graan- en oliesadebedryf.
Mieliesaaduitvoere na die VSA.
Teling- en tegnologieheffing.
Sclerotinia op sonneblom- en sojaboonsaad.
Alternaria op sonneblom.
Nuwe kultivars teenoor nuwe aktiewe bestanddele.
Mieliekultivar evaluasieskema.
Sansor-sertifiseringskema.
Moontlike alternatief vir saadbehandeling met thiram.
Alternatiewe telingstegnologie en Suid-Afrika se standpunt daaroor.
ISF-kongres 2020 in Suid-Afrika.
Die kunsmisbedryf
KUNSMISPRYSE
Vanaf September 2018 tot September 2019 het die internasionale
prys van ammoniak, ureum en DAP gedaal, terwyl kaliumchloried
beduidend gestyg het.
Tabel 1
(op bladsy 66) toon die jaar-tot-jaar-
prysveranderinge van internasionale kunsmispryse in dollar-terme.
2 500
2 000
1 500
1 000
500
0
Index
Indeks
GRAPH 2 – Indices of the price of maize seed and the producer price of maize.
GRAFIEK 2 – Indekse van die prys van mieliesaad en die produsenteprys van mielies.
1985/1986
1986/1987
1987/1988
1988/1989
1989/1990
1990/1991
1991/1992
1992/1993
1993/1994
1994/1995
1995/1996
1996/1997
1997/1998
1998/1999
1999/2000
2000/2001
2001/2002
2002/2003
2003/2004
2004/2005
2005/2006
2006/2007
2007/2008
2008/2009
2009/2010
2010/2011
2011/2012
2012/2013
2013/2014
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020*
Maize seed index
Mieliesaadindeks
Maize price index
Mielieprysindeks
* Preliminary/Voorlopig
Source: Grain SA
Bron: Graan SA
Indices/Indekse:
1985/1986 = 100