maize
Mar 29, 2018
The National Crop Estimates Committee reaffirmed its view that South Africa is in for a good grain and oilseed harvest this season (albeit being less than the record achieved in 2016/17 season). The Committee revised its production estimates upwards by 2% from last month to 14.8 million tonnes.
Apr 3, 2018
One factor that we are watching closely over the long weekend is weather as it could still affect the soybean crop, both late-planted and on-time-planted areas. In the last week of March 2018, there were fears that the rainfall could cause crop damage, as a large part of the crop has already matured.
Apr 4, 2018
The South African wheat market had a good run at the start of this week and settled in positive territory. This was mainly underpinned by the weaker Rand against the US Dollar, as well as higher Chicago wheat prices.
Apr 11, 2018
There is generally some optimism in the South African maize market following good rainfall received in the past few weeks. Last night, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) lifted its estimate for South Africa’s 2017/18 maize production by 200 000 tonnes from last month to 13.2 million tonnes.
Apr 16, 2018
Drier and warm weather conditions have kept the US wheat on the back foot. On 08 April 2018, farmers had planted only 2 percent of the intended area for spring wheat, well below the area planted at the corresponding period last year, according to data from the USDA.
Apr 24, 2018
South Africa’s maize crop has generally matured, which means cool and dry conditions are an ideal weather for the crop at this stage of development. The past weekend presented the precise favourable environment, which is cool and drier conditions across the maize-belt.