Page 89 - GSA Annual Report / Jaarverslag 2013

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with its expertise and capacity, protects the interests of its members within the input, production,
market and policy environment with great success. Because of the success Grain SA has achieved,
producers increasingly realise the value of Grain SA as an industry organisation.
A portion of the levy is also returned to the existing branch structures and provincial agricultural unions.
Funding agreements with Free State Agriculture, Agri North West and Agri Western Cape are currently in
place, while agreements were also concluded with Agri Limpopo, Agri Northen Cape and Agri Gauteng.
Since the introduction of the commodity levy Grain SA has used collection agents who provide support with
the collection of the levies. Grain SA would like to thank all these collection agents for their ongoing and loyal
support. The following institutions assisted us with the collection of the commodity levy over the past year:
Afgri, Allem Bros, Bester Voer & Graan, BKB Grainco, Botselo Mills, Farmsecure, GWK, Schoeman
Boerdery, Kaap Agri, Maize & More, MKB, Nobel Resources, NTK, NWK, NWK Boerdery, OVK,
Overberg Agri, Pannar, Perdigon, Pimankus, Prodsure, Senwes, Silostrat, Soill, SSK, Suidwes, Garden
Route Agri, TWK, Unigrain, VKB, Free State Maize and Western Cape Grain.
New collection agents are appointed all the time and Agricol, Godrich Mills, NuPro and Roba Nuts
also came on board as collection agents in 2013, while discussions are being held with various other
potential collection agents.
However, it remains the responsibility of every grain producer to ensure that his commodity levy is
collected and paid to Grain SA to ensure that the producer remains a full member of Grain SA. If a
member delivers grain to an institution that does not act as a collection agent, the commodity levy
can be paid directly to Grain SA. Grain SA would like to thank those producers who do pay their
levies in this manner.
BEDRYFSHEFFING
Dit is met dank dat ons verslag doen oor die bedryfsheffing wat nog vrywillig en steeds op ‘n gesonde
basis betaal word. Die bedryfsheffing word primêr aangewend vir die kernbesigheid van Graan SA,
naamlik bedryfsdienste. Graan SA, met sy kundigheid en kapasiteit, tree met groot sukses op binne die
inset-, produksie-, mark- en beleidsomgewing om sy lede se belange te beskerm. As gevolg van
Graan SA se suksesse besef produsente al hoe meer die waarde van Graan SA as bedryfsorganisasie.
‘n Gedeelte van die heffing word ook teruggeploeg na die bestaande takstrukture asook provinsiale
landbou-unies. Tans is befondsingsooreenkomste in plek met Vrystaat Landbou, Agri Noordwes en Agri
Wes-Kaap, terwyl ooreenkomste ook gesluit is met Agri Limpopo, Agri Nood-Kaap en Agri Gauteng.
Graan SA maak sedert die instelling van die bedryfsheffing gebruik van invorderingsagente wat
ondersteuning bied met die vordering van die heffings. Graan SA spreek sy dank uit teenoor al hierdie
invorderingsagente vir hul volgehoue en lojale ondersteuning. Die volgende instansies het ons die
afgelope jaar gehelp om die bedryfsheffing in te vorder:
Afgri, Allem Bros, Bester Voer & Graan, BKB Grainco, Botselo Mills, Farmsecure, GWK, Schoeman
Boerdery, Kaap Agri, Maize and More, MKB, Nobel Resources, NTK, NWK, NWK Boerdery, OVK,
Overberg Agri, Pannar, Perdigon, Pimankus, Prodsure, Senwes, Silostrat, Soill, SSK, Suidwes,
Tuinroete Agri, TWK, Unigrain, VKB, Vrystaat Mielies en Weskaap Graan.
Nuwe invorderingsagente word voortdurend aangestel en Agricol, Godrich Meule, NuPro en Roba Nuts
het ook gedurende 2013 as vorderingsagente aan boord gekom, terwyl gesprekke gevoer word met
verskeie ander potensiële invorderingsagente.
Dit bly egter elke graanprodusent se verantwoordelikheid om toe te sien dat sy bedryfsheffing gevorder
en aan Graan SA oorbetaal word om te verseker dat die produsent ‘n volwaardige lid van Graan SA bly.
Indien ‘n lid by ‘n instansie graan lewer wat nie optree as vorderingsagent nie, kan die bedryfsheffing
direk aan Graan SA oorbetaal word. Graan SA spreek sy dank uit teenoor diegene wat wel hul heffing
op dié wyse betaal.
Die tydskrif wil sy dank uitspreek teenoor die Mielietrust vir die bydrae tot die verspreiding van die blad.
Die Olie- en Proteïensade Ontwikkelingstrust (OPOT) se finansiële steun word ook hoog op prys gestel.
As gevolg van
Graan SA se
suksesse besef
produsente al hoe
meer die waarde
van Graan SA as
bedryfsorganisasie.