Specialised Services

Services offered include, but is not limited to,
the following:

• the handling of disputes, as well as legal representation in grain-related disputes;
• assistance in insurance claims in the grain industry;
• performing land inspections of winter cereal grains;
• cultivar identification and leading of cultivar evaluation programs;
• evaluation of research projects of several universities and research facilities;
• grain management regarding storage, grading and quality control;
• advising the Department of Agriculture on the compilation of amendments to the
  various grain regulations;
• value adding to wheat, maize, sunflower, sorghum, soya beans and oats;
• investigation in terms of various problems, including falling number, Fusarium,
  heat damage, stinking smut, mixing time, and disease and quality problems;
• equipment calibration;
• wheat crop quality and reference samples;
• assessment of damage in terms of stored grain and hail damage;
• the giving of advice to laboratories in terms of quality of grain;
• investigation of risk management for the grain insurance industry;
• development of new quality standards for various types of grain; and
• expert advice in terms of NIR and NIT (Near-Infrared Reflection and Near-Infra Transmission).