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May 25, 2016
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
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
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 […]
February 23, 2016
28 MAY 2015 Depressed global sugar markets could prompt industry exits. There could be further exits from beet production in the coming year if more cuts to British Sugar’s contract price emerge, experts have warned. Contract […]