soybean
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.
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.
Tuesday April 10th, 2018
In the context of the ongoing US-China trade dispute, with China threatening to place a 25 percent duty of US soybean, it is worth highlighting the strong linkages of these nations’ soybean markets.
Thursday April 12th, 2018
Our recent interactions with farmers in some soybean growing areas support the National Crop Estimates Committee’s (CEC) view of a possible record crop of 1.39 million tonnes in the 2017/18 production season. The yields expectations vary across the country, mainly ranging from average and above average yield
Thursday April 26th, 2018
(Afrikaans) The next eight days should remain cool and dry over the soybean growing areas, which should be supportive of the harvest process. This is at initial stages in parts of the Mpumalanga province, and it could soon commence in other provinces as a large part of the crop has already matured.Agbiz Morning Market Viewpoint on Agri-Commodities 26 April 2018.
Wednesday May 2nd, 2018
South Africa’s soybean and oilcake (meal) imports could decline by 27 percent and 17 percent year-on-year in the 2018/19 marketing year, to 20 000 tonnes and 458 992 tonnes, respectively. This is underpinned by an expected harvest of 1.4 million tonnes of soybeans in the 2017/18 production season.