agriculture
September 11, 2017
The sustained good performance in the domestic currency over the past few months, coupled with a large domestic grain and oilseed harvest boosted tractor sales in August 2017. Although grain and oilseed prices remain depressed, the […]
August 29, 2017
The importance of the Western Cape agroprocessing sector will be highlighted at this year’s Propak Cape exhibition taking place in Cape Town in October. Packaging forms an important part of the agricultural and agriprocessing value chain […]
August 21, 2017
The recent update for the week ending 14 August 2017 shows that Western Cape province’s dams averaged 30%, which is a 2% improvement from last week, but 28% below the same period last year. Fortunately, the […]
August 18, 2017
WHITE MAIZE PRICES EXPERIENCED THE BIGGEST DECLINE OF ALL GRAINS AND COULD REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE DUE TO WEAK DEMAND. While the discussion in SA’s agricultural sector has been dominated by the record grain harvest, it has […]