south africa

April 16, 2018

Possible fall armyworm outbreak in North West

The North West Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development (READ) has alerted farmers about a possible outbreak of fall armyworm (FAW) in the North West province.
March 23, 2018

African markets might look to South Africa for additional maize supplies

Despite South Africa having over 4.0 million tonnes of maize available for exports in the 2017/18 marketing year following a record harvest, actual exports could only amount to 2.4 million tonnes. This was due to a […]
March 19, 2018

More innovation is key to ensuring food security

On 31 Oct 2011, the world’s population shot past the seven billion mark on its way to reaching nine billion or more by the year 2050. In the next few decades, demand for animal protein will […]
January 23, 2018

Stronger rand boosts South African agri industry

In the latest Grain SA Perspective newsletter, the South African grain production industry benefited from the positive political, economic and financial developments of the past two months. Despite the expectation