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Minimum wages for farm workers sector 4 SASTAC Integrated Supply Chain Programme 12
Smallholder cotton production programmes 4 Finding the right cultivar to plant at a particular
Katoenmarkverslag soos op 2 Februarie 2015 5 planting time 15
Om te ontblaar of nie? 6 Cotton Identity Programs 17
Opwindende 2015 seisoen word voorspel 6 Quality will carry U.S. Growers through the Cover photo:
Purperwinde en Wandelende Jood: probleem 2015 crop 17
onkruide in katoen 7 ICAC 73rd Plenary Meeting 18 Adéle Naudé; PA at
Cotton SA with a
Results of the National Cotton Cultivar trails, 2013/2014 9 Outlook on textiles 19 speciman of a typical
Die 7560 Agt-ry John Deere Katoenstripper 11
cotton plant.
Voorwoord deur: Hennie Bruwer, HUB Katoen SA AMEN:

ie eerste amptelike oesskatting vir die 2014/15-seisoen dui op ‘n verhoging van 118% “You care for the land and water it; you enrich it
abundantly. The streams of God are lled with
teenoor die vorige seisoen. Hierdie tendens is baie bemoedigend veral teen die ag- water to provide people with grain, for so you
Dtergrond dat die beter skaalvoordele die lewensvatbaarheid van die bedryf baie sal have ordained it.” Ps 65:9“U het die land besoek
verbeter. Hier dink ‘n mens onwillekeurig aan die pluisbedryf wat vir etlike jare teen baie lae en oorvloed gegee; U verryk dit grootliks; die
kapasiteitsbesettings hul besighede aan die gang moes hou terwyl plaaslike verwerkers nog stroom van God is vol water. U berei hulle koring;
altyd hul veselaankope vanuit enige katoenproduserende gebied in die wêreld kon aanvul. ja, so berei U die land.” Ps 65:10
Hennie Bruwer
Wat het dan nou aanleiding gegee tot die verdubbeling in die oes? Soos alom bekend is ka-
toenverbouing, veral onder besproeiing, baie pryssensitief en was die deurgaanse goeie pryse wat die vooraf-
gaande seisoen behaal is, beslis deurslaggewend in die hoër aanplantings. Gelyklopend hiermee is die laer Cotton SA Katoen
pryse wat vir mededingende somergewasse vir die nuwe seisoen voorspel word. Verblydend egter is die groter
droëland aanplantings. Laasgenoemde was tydens die goeie jare die ruggraat van die bedryf en word steeds CEO: Hennie Bruwer
as die sleutel tot sukses vir die herlewing in bedryf beskou! Tel: 012 – 804 1462
Fax: 012 – 804 8616
Ofskoon nog beskeie in terme van die aangeplante hektare, het die strippertegnologie wat tydens die vooraf- Website:
gaande seisoen aan boere deur middel van die katoencluster gedemonstreer is, boere aan die dink gesit oor http://www.cottonsa.org.za
die waarde wat katoen vir hul in hul wisselbouprogramme kan toevoeg. Gedurende die nuwe seisoen sal die Katoen SA
strippertegnologie aan boere van Noordwes gedemonstreer word en is die verwagting dat die goeie resultate Cotton SA
wat tydens die eerste demonstrasie in 2014 behaal is, herhaal sal word en dat dit droëland aanplantings in die
streek sal stimuleer. Posbus PO Box 912232
Silverton
Die totstandkoming van die katoencluster het beslis bygedra tot ‘n groter bewustheid onder plaaslike rol- 0127
spelers ten opsigte van die belangrike rol wat plaaslik geproduseerde katoen as inset in die tekstielwaarde- Technical Advisor:
ketting kan speel. Die verwagting is dat die werklike impak van die cluster in terme van groter oeste eers sal Hein Schröder 012-804 1462
realiseer wanneer die ge-integreerde waardekettingmodel ten volle ge-implementeer is. Sien artikel elders wat Training & Development:
handel oor die waardekettingmodel. David Mtsweni 012-804 1462
Die volgende vier jaar hou voorwaar opwindende tye vir die katoenbedryf in en word al die rolspelers ge- Mentorship Programme:
nooi om deel te word van hierdie inisiatief wat gemik is op die veredeling van plaaslike grondstowwe met Percy Macaskill 082 492 1493
gepaardgaande verbetering in mededinging en werkskepping. Small Scale Cotton Farmers’ Forum:
Phenias Gumede 082 945 5476
Preface by: Hennie Bruwer, CEO Cotton SA Editorial Committee:
Hennie Bruwer
he fi rst offi cial harvest estimate for the 2014/15 season indicates an increase of 118% compared to the Koot Louw
previous season. This trend is welcomed especially against the background of better scale advantages Hein Schröder
Tleading to the improved feasibility of the industry. Subconsciously one brings the ginnery industry to Robbie Kemp
mind which for a number of years had to keep head above water at low capacity utilization whilst local proces- COMPILED BY:
sors could import cotton lint from any foreign cotton producing country. Nufarmer Pty Ltd
What gave impetus to the doubling of the harvest? It is generally accepted that cotton farming – especially Suzanne Oosthuizen
under irrigation – is very price sensitive and the continuous good prices attained the previous season, led to Tel: 012 – 543 0880
higher planting fi gures. The lower prices being forecasted for summer crops for the new season also played a ADVERTISING
role. The news that bigger dryland hectares have been planted is encouraging. Throughout the good years the Suzanne Oosthuizen
latter was the backbone of the industry and is still perceived as being the key to the successful revival of the Cell: 082 832 1604
industry! E–mail: suzanne@pop.co.za
Although still small in terms of planted hectares, the stripper technology, which has been demonstrated to ADMINISTRATION &
farmers with the aid of the Cotton Cluster, got farmers thinking about the value which cotton can add towards SUBSCRIPTIONS
their crop rotation programmes. During the new season the stripper technology will be demonstrated to farm- Suzanne Oosthuizen
ers in the North West Province and it is expected that the good results obtained from the fi rst demonstration in Cell: 082 832 1604
2014 will be repeated and thus stimulate dryland plantings in the region.
Editorial content in CottonSAKatoen is
The establishment of the Cotton Cluster defi nitely contributed to a greater awareness amongst local role play- published under the auspices of the CEO
ers as to the important role which locally produced cotton can play as input in the textile value chain. It is of Cotton SA and management.
expected that the real impact of the Cluster in terms of larger crops will only realise when the integrated value
chain model is fully implemented. Read the editorial in this edition on the value chain model. We reserve copyright for all content
in this publication and advise readers
The next four years truly holds in exciting times for the cotton industry and all roleplayers are invited to partici- that opinions formed in the editorials
pate in this initiative which is aimed at increasing benefi ciation of local resources with simultaneous improve- of Cotton SA Katoen are purely that of
ment in competitiveness and job creation. the authors.
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Katoen SA Cotton 3 January-March 2015