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Wednesday September 27th, 2017
Highlights in today’s morning note Wheat: The wheat growing areas of the country could experience dry and cool conditions within […]
Thursday September 28th, 2017
The National Crop Estimate Committee’s (CEC) will release its final estimate for South Africa’s 2017 maize production. The current estimate […]
Tuesday October 3rd, 2017
Highlights in today’s morning note Maize: Although the news of a record maize crop in the 2016/17 production […]
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.
Wednesday April 4th, 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.
Wednesday April 11th, 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.