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July 12, 2017

Agbiz Morning Market Viewpoint on Agri-Commodities: 12 July 2017.

Highlights in today’s morning note Maize: South African maize exports were quite disappointing in the first week on this month. The country exported 31 788 tonnes of maize in the week ending 07 July 2017, compared […]
July 4, 2017

Agbiz Morning Market Viewpoint on Agri-Commodities: 04 July 2017.

Highlights in today’s morning note Maize: Harvesting is underway across the country and could gain momentum this week due to forecast warm and dry weather conditions in the maize belt. In terms of domestic supplies, the […]
June 27, 2017

Silos ready for record maize harvest.

As farmers in SA get down to harvesting a record maize crop, operators of grain storage facilities say there is enough space to accommodate the bumper haul. President of the Grain Handling Organisation of Southern Africa, Annatjie […]
June 20, 2017

$300m term loan facility to boost agriculture in South Africa.

Standard Chartered Bank and the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) has signed a $300m Term loan facility, backed by a guarantee from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk […]