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#AgriMarkets: USDA report predicts drop in global supplies
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report soon, which will give a sense...
#AgriMarkets: AfCFTA to unlock growth in African trade by 2020
The South African agricultural sector, and specifically the expansion in the sector over the recent past, is heavily reliant on exports. In...
How SA’s agriculture can boost employment
The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey data (Q2: 2019) shows that South Africa’s primary agricultural employment fell by 0,2% from the corresponding...
#AgriMarkets: Far-reaching consequences of climate change
The effects of changing the climate, which is, of course, a global challenge, have been felt in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of...
#AgriMarkets: Distortions in agricultural market limit growth
In economics, natural experiments are hard to come by, but once in a while you hit a jackpot without even paying a...
#AgriMarkets: Rain in the US to dampen global maize supplies
When the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its preliminary estimates for the 2019/20 global grains and oilseeds production, the sentiment...
Somergewas-oesskatting neem nóg verder toe
Die hersiene oppervlak- en vierde produksieskatting vir somergewasse vir die 2019-produksieseisoen, is deur die Nasionale Oesskattingskomitee vrygestel.
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#AgriMarkets: SA agricultural trade surplus expands
If we do not write about South Africa’s first quarter of 2019 agricultural trade figures, one would assume that there have been...
#AgriMarkets: SA to benefit from increased global grain supplies
As the 2019/20 production season begins in a number of countries in the northern hemisphere, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
#AgriMarkets: Winter crops will benefit from positive weather
The Western Cape is the leading producer of South Africa’s winter crops, which are wheat, barley and canola. It is also in...