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June 7, 2016

Companies braced for sour side effects

Insipid days may be ahead for the sugar industry, as the proposed date for a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages looms. With producers, such as Illovo and Tongaat Hulett, already showing strain amid a severe drought and […]

June 6, 2016

Navel export taking shape

Citrus export from South Africa is going well at the moment although some traders say that they are not doing lemons or grapefruit because they just cant get a hold of it. Volumes of grapefruit are […]

June 2, 2016

Yellow corn falls from record as rand strengthens

South African yellow-corn futures fell from a record while the white variety also dropped after international prices declined and the rand strengthened, reducing the cost of imports relative to locally produced grain. Yellow corn for delivery […]

June 1, 2016

KZN farmer lends helping hand with hay donation

JJ van de Velde, a Nottingham Road potato and maize farmer, has donated more than 800 bales of hay, destined for animal fodder, to drought-stricken Hluhluwe farmers. “As KwaZulu-Natal farmers continue to battle with the severe […]