by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Apr 30, 2018 | General Comments
OK folks, I know I have recently discussed South Africa’s soybean production outlook, but here is a few lines about structural changes in oilcake import market. To reiterate a point made on April 27, Agbiz estimates that South Africa’s soybean oilcake imports could...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Apr 28, 2018 | General Comments
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released an interesting report on South Africa’s sugar industry. The report covers the supply and demand dynamics for the 2018/19 production season, as well as the structure of the industry. The picture is...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Apr 27, 2018 | General Comments
The next eight days should remain cool and dry in the soybean growing areas, which should be supportive of the harvest process. This is at initial stages in parts of Mpumalanga province, and it could soon commence in other provinces as a large part of the crop has...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Apr 25, 2018 | General Comments
South Africa is in for a fairly good harvest in 2017/18 production season. This was confirmed by the third production forecasts released by the National Crop Estimate Committee this afternoon. All summer crop production estimates were revised up from previous month’s...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Apr 23, 2018 | General Comments
In 2016, South Africa slaughtered about 3.8 million cattle, which is a 33 percent increase from the number of cattle slaughtered in 2012 (see featured image). This increase can be attributed to a number of factors, but the most notable one is the 2015-16 drought....
