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I just completed a talk at Agri Limpopo. I provided a summary on key areas of performance and challenges based on the NDP categories (agriculture). More detail is posted on BFAP Baseline that we published last week (also on our website).

Well done Wandile!! Excellent talk on 702. Spot on to underline key issues and opportunity of growth in agriculture

A number of African grain markets are hitting the wall when surpluses are generated and prices drop. Policy intervention and lack of infrastructure are hampering exports. The same elements cause prices to spike in years of drought. This is a major cause for price volatility.

Today's CEC report estimates a further increase of 6.9% in SA's soya crop, bringing the harvest to new record of 1.9mil tons. BFAP expects local prices to trade closer to export parity levels, which will support processing margins. SA's processing capacity is well over 2mil tons.

BFAP expects a sharp reduction in barley plantings in 2021 - with a shift to canola and wheat. Divan van der Westhuizen and Tracy Davids share some thoughts on the reasons driving this change in the June edition of Oilseed Focus (Pg 19). More at bfap.co.za/area-shifts-ex…

Soybean production has been a major success story in SA agriculture and BFAP expects production to exceed 2 million tons in a few years. In the June edition of Oilseed Focus (pg 38), we consider the impact of import duties on the soybean value chain. bfap.co.za/impact-of-redu…

With the bulk of the bumper summer crop set to be delivered in Q2, BFAP still projects growth of 7.6% from agriculture for the full year 2021, despite the seasonal contraction in annualised growth in Q1. More thoughts on agriculture's performance at bfap.co.za/perspectives-o…

Based on latest CEC estimate of 195000tons, canola is heading for another record harvest. If these favourable weather conditions continue in September, canola will be one of the fastest growing sectors in agriculture, doubling production in just three years.

Thank you Ferdi Meyer and the BFAP team for the fantastic work that you continue to do for the South African Agricultural sector. Looking forward to the launch of the 2021 report with scenario’s for various subsectors towards 2030 🚜 🍇 🍷

My colleagues at Stellenbosch University's Department of Agricultural Economics and BFAP have an important piece out in Business Day. "No real evidence of concentration in South Africa's agriculture sector" businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/202…

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