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June 30, 2016

Sugar cane production declines

As a result of the ongoing countrywide drought, South African cane production declined during the 2015/16 season by more than 16.3% to 14.81-million tons, following an 11.4% reduction recorded in the previous season. “The decrease will […]
June 29, 2016

Soft citrus volumes up

The estimates made at the beginning of the citrus season in South Africa have changed again with the latest prediction for soft citrus increasing by 0,2 million cartons, while the navel estimate has fallen by 2,6 […]
June 27, 2016

SA citrus having a strange season

Citrus coming into Canada from South Africa (grapefruit, star ruby, lemons, navel oranges and clementines) has been early this season. Philadelphia importers haven’t seen shipments arrive until June 24. Odd time for grapefruit According to report […]
June 24, 2016

White maize sufficient for coming months, says Agbiz

South Africa, Africa’s top maize producer, has enough white maize for the coming months as dry weather helps boost harvesting, but the country may struggle to source required imports of the grain it uses as a […]