South Africa’s sunflower seed prices (rand per tonne).

This broad moderation in prices is roughly in line with what we see globally in vegetable oil prices.

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Some observations on South Africa's summer grains and oilseed production levels

Many, including ourselves, may have been a bit pessimistic about the 2023/24 summer crop growing conditions when we signalled a potential further downward revision of the harvest estimate this month.

An excellent piece from Gideon Rachman

'How long can Japan remain a haven from China?'

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Some interesting developments out of China.

South Africa will likely not be able to meet the Southern African regional demand for white maize mg.co.za/thought-leader…

Interesting news about a new GI in Ireland - so many similarities with the Karoo Lamb GI:

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#karoo lambGI #karoo #karoo lam #karoo lamb

My discussion with our Zimbabwean friends earlier today. youtube.com/watch?v=LHUGFI…

Earlier, I sat down with the good folks at ZTN to chat about the current drought's impact on Southern Africa's agriculture.

Here is a brief comment about the livestock. youtube.com/watch?v=G3aXq5…

PODCAST: Farming for 30 years in a democratic South Africa businesslive.co.za/fm/fm-fox/2024…

On South Africa's agricultural sector at 30. In this week's podcast, Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa chief economist Wandile Sihlobo examines the drivers of expansion for the sector's post-1994 growth. Txs to FinancialMail for the weekly posting to its national audience.
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How has South Africa’s agriculture performed in the first 30-years of democracy?

South Africa exported 27 717 tonnes of maize last week.

Of this volume, 79% was exported to Zimbabwe, and the balance to the rest of the neighbouring African countries.

This placed South Africa's 2023/24 maize exports at 3,38 million tonnes.

The 2023/24 marketing year ends

South African farmers are making progress in harvesting soybeans during this tough season.

The 2024/25 soybean deliveries in the first eight weeks of this new marketing year amounted to 525 354 tonnes out of the expected harvest of 1,8 million tonnes.

Our/Mkokeli Advisory Podcasts podcast last week focused on South Africa’s crop conditions.

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Fellow South Africans,

Karan Beef, through the “THE KARAN BEEF ACADEMY”, has published an excellent educational video series designed to provide essential cattle farmer training to the future commercial farmers of South Africa.

This 10-part series aims to equip aspiring and

That's correct, folks!

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South Africa's food inflation falls to the lowest level since September 2020

Food inflation remains a topical issue in South Africa. The drought in some regions of the country has raised fears of a potential upside in food prices.

Fortunately, the available data continues to

Farming for 30 years in a democratic South Africa.