by Wandile Sihlobo | Jul 3, 2019 | Agricultural Production
I am always amazed by how fast the sentiment can change in the global agriculture market. Just a few weeks ago, agricultural analysts across the world were concerned that the excessive wet weather conditions in the U.S. would lead fewer plantings and poor yields. This...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jun 27, 2019 | Agricultural Production
SA’s maize supplies for the 2018/2019 production year are shaping up better than feared in January 2019. This is when dryness in the western parts of the country threatened to delay plantings. On June 26, SA’s Crop Estimates Committee left its 2018/2019 maize harvest...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jun 24, 2019 | Agricultural Production
O.K., folks, I have to confess, by the time I was writing a piece following last week’s U.S. Crop Progress report, I thought the U.S. farmers would have completed maize plantings by now. But the data coming out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jun 18, 2019 | Agricultural Production
My good friend, Anthony Clark, of @SmallTalkDaily Research, has sent a wonderful piece this morning, essentially assessing what the slow U.S. maize and soybean plantings mean for the South African food companies that use these commodities. He believes that the uptick...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jun 15, 2019 | Agricultural Production
Over 20 millimetres of rainfall received last week in the Western Cape has brought an end to weeks of dryness in the Southern Cape and Overberg regions which had left farmers with no choice but to pause planting. With more than 90% of the intended area for all winter...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jun 13, 2019 | Agricultural Production
We are currently witnessing the impact of climate change on the agricultural sector, both on the local and global fronts. These effects will probably intensify in future. Last week, Stats SA presented a gloomier-than-expected picture of the SA agricultural economy,...
