south africa
July 24, 2018
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s maize output is expected to rise slightly in 2018 than previously estimated on the back of late harvests from the central and western parts of the maize belt, a Reuters poll […]
July 24, 2018
Orange River Cellars has bought the Farmers Pride Raisins facility – which produces 4,000 tonnes of premier quality raisins a year – outside Keimoes in the Northern Cape, a region internationally renowned for the dried fruit […]
July 16, 2018
The FairPlay movement has called for a public enquiry into the fiasco that saw a zero tariff for sugar being set and gazetted in South Africa last year, which allowed importers to bring in and stockpile […]
May 18, 2018
The global cereal grains market showed an upward trend from 2007 to 2016, expanding by 4% to 2,676 million tonnes in 2016. The cereal grains market grew with a CAGR of +2.6% over the last nine years, according to IndexBox estimates. In value terms, the market kept at the same level of 2015 and stood at $632bn in 2016. From 2007 to 2016, the market value was subject to significant fluctuations against changes in prices, crop yield and global cereal grains reserves.