The Billion-Rand Question
R1.15 billion collected.
What reached your farm?
In April 2026, the National Agricultural Marketing Council announced that statutory agricultural levy collections had reached R1.155 billion for the 2025 survey year.
The accompanying press release reported major spending on research and innovation, transformation, export promotion, market access, information systems and administration.
According to the NAMC press release, the reported figures were:
R1.155bn
Statutory levy collections
R1.21bn
Total reported expenditure
R564m
Research and innovation
R237.5m
Transformation
R157.1m
Export promotion and market access
R77.6m
Information and data systems
R72.9m
Administration
Those are the national figures. What reached you?
- Beyond a GLN and other registrations, meetings, events or reports, did your operation receive anything measurable?
- Did market research help you make a production, pricing or marketing decision?
- Did transformation or market-access work bring support, a buyer, a better price, an export opportunity or actual income?
We are not asking what a report says happened. We are asking what happened to you.
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