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Tuesday March 27th, 2018
Highlights in today’s morning note Maize: The recent rainfall caused some level of optimism in the maize growing regions […]
Wednesday March 28th, 2018
(Afrikaans) Dry and cool weather conditions over sunflower seed growing areas
Tuesday April 3rd, 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.
Thursday April 5th, 2018
If the forecast rainfall within the next eight days materialises, then the expected warm conditions in two weeks’ time will be a much-needed breather, particularly for areas that planted on time or earlier in the season. The crop is currently in good condition and could show further improvement in the coming weeks.
Monday April 9th, 2018
One of South Africa’s key objectives behind the expansion of the soybean crushing plants was import substitution of soybean oil and oilcake. The country has made notable progress on both products as imports have been on a decline in the past few years due to increasing domestic production.
Monday April 9th, 2018
South Africa’s wheat import tariff has been revised to R394.85 per tonne, which is a 45% decline from the previous rate of R716.33 per tonne. This new duty was calculated on the 13 February 2017 following an upsurge of the international wheat prices.