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May 25, 2016

Grape farmers count losses from drought

Table grape farmers in the Olifantsriver Vallei in the Western Cape, have suffered losses of over R 100 million as a result of the drought. While the rest of country’s producers saw fair to good crops, […]
May 25, 2016

Research will save SA’s wheat sector

South African winter crop farmers are at the planting season, with the National Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) indicating that wheat plantings could slightly decrease by 0,06% from last season, to 481 850ha. Winter wheat crop farmers […]
February 23, 2016

Grain SA revises downwards maize import volumes

27 MAY 2015 Grain SA has revised downwards the maize volumes that SA will have to import this year as reports emerge that local production will be higher than earlier estimated. The lower the maize volumes […]
February 23, 2016

Market Overview August 2015

The use of economic information, trends and other information is increasingly becoming important for decision-making on the farm. Frikkie Maré, Farmbiz Magazines’s economics, finance and farm management editor, sets up a monthly economic report for different […]