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Jaarverslag 2018 annual report 2018
Teling- en tegnologieheffing
Volgens saadmaatskappye word ongeveer 80% van sojaboonaan-
plantings en 70% van koringaanplantings jaarliks geplant met saad
wat teruggehou is. Hierdie terughouding van saad – wat wettig is
– veroorsaak ’n bose kringloop wat belegging in die sojaboon- en
koringsaadbedryf (in feitlik alle oop-bestuifde gewasse) beperk en
tot ’n groot mate voorkom. Volgens saadmaatskappye neem dit on-
geveer twaalf jaar en groot onkoste om ’n nuwe kultivar op die mark
te plaas. Sonder ’n behoorlike befondsingsmodel verhinder hierdie
praktyk om saad terug te hou dat nuwe kultivars en die jongste teg-
nologie na Suid-Afrika kom.
Die Minister van Landbou, Bosbou en Visserye het op 22 Junie 2018
’n statutêre heffing op sojabone goedgekeur, waarvolgens saadmaat­
skappye vergoed kan word vir hul prestasie in die sojaboonsaadmark.
Die heffing wat ingevorder word, sal volgens saadmaatskappye se
markaandeel aan hulle uitbetaal word.
Graan SA sien die goedkeuring en implementering van hierdie
sojaboon teling- en tegnologieheffing as ’n groot deurbraak. Dit sal
meebring dat ons produsente toegang het tot die nuutste kultivars en
tegnologie om sodoende met ander lande te kan meeding.
Die teling- en tegnologieheffing op sojabone is vir twee jaar
goedgekeur, met ingang 1 Maart 2019. Die heffing is R65/ton vir die
eerste jaar en R80/ton vir die tweede jaar.
Hierdie waardes is bereken as 1,2% van die voorafgaande be-
markingsjare se gemiddelde sojaboonprys en sal betaalbaar wees
as produsente hulle sojabone verkoop. Vir die eerste jaar se R65/ton
is die gemiddelde prys van die 2015/2016-bemarkingsjaar vir sojabone
gebruik – 1,2% van R5 495/ton = R65/ton. Vir die tweede jaar se
R80/ton is die gemiddelde prys van die 2016/2017-bemarkingsjaar
gebruik (tot en met November 2016) – 1,2% van R6 647/ton = R80/ton.
Soos die heffing vorder (na hierdie twee jaar-termyn), sal die bedrag
dus varieer – afhangend van die tendens in die sojaboonprys en ook
na aanleiding van die vrystelling van nuwe tegnologie.
In September 2018 is die teling- en tegnologieheffing vir koring en
gars vir nog twee jaar hernu en is hawer ook hierby ingesluit. Die bedrae
vir die volgende twee bemarkingseisoene gaan R30/ton beloop.
Indices of the price of maize seed and the producer price of maize
Indekse van die prys van mieliesaad en die produsenteprys van mielies
* Preliminary/Voorlopig
Index/Indeks: 1985/1986 = 100
1985/19861986/19871987/19881988/19891989/19901990/19911991/19921992/19931993/19941994/19951995/19961996/19971997/19981998/19991999/20002000/20012001/20022002/20032003/20042004/20052005/20062006/20072007/20082008/20092009/20102010/20112011/20122012/20132013/20142014/20152015/20162016/2017*2017/2018*2018/2019*
Maize price index
Mielieprysindeks
Maize seed index
Mieliesaadindeks
2 Index
Indeks
Source: Grain SA
Bron: Graan SA
BREEDING AND TECHNOLOGY LEVY
According to seed companies, roughly 80% of soybean plantings
and 70% of wheat plantings are annually planted with seed that was
held back. The holding back of seed – which is legal – causes a
vicious cycle that limits and to a great extent prevents investment in
the soybean and wheat seed industry (in virtually all open-pollinated
crops). According to seed companies it takes about twelve years
and great expense to bring a new cultivar to the market. Without a
proper funding model, this practice of holding back seed prevents
new cultivars and the latest technology from coming to South Africa.
On 22 June 2018 the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries approved a statutory levy on soybeans in terms of which
seed companies can be compensated for their performance in
the soybean seed market. The levy collected will be paid to seed
companies on the basis of their market share.
Grain SA regards the approval and implementation of this soybean
breeding and technology levy as a major breakthrough. It will mean
that producers have access to the newest cultivars and technology to
enable them to compete with other countries.
The breeding and technology levy on soybeans has been approved
for twice a year, effective from 1 March 2019. The levy is R65/ton for
the first year and R80/ton for the second year.
These values were calculated as 1,2% of the average soybean
price for the preceding marketing years and will be payable when
producers sell their soybeans. For the first year’s R65/ton the
average price of soybeans for the 2015/2016 marketing year
was used – 1,2% of R5 495/ton = R65/ton. For the second year’s
R80/ton the average price for the 2016/2017 marketing year was
used (up to November 2016) – 1,2% of R6 647/ton = R80/ton.
Therefore, as the levy continues (after this two-year term), the
amount will vary depending on the trend of the soybean price and
also the release of new technology.
In September 2018 the breeding an technology levy for wheat and
barley was also renewed for a further two years and oats was included.
The amounts for the next two marketing seasons will be R30/ton.
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