Looking at your maize markets August 2019 Ikageng Maluleke, Junior Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za This article takes a brief look at the international and local maize markets with the fourth production estimates as a focus. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Production of maize in 2019 is expected to increase by 2,3%, after a 1,9%
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Market your maize harvest May 2019 Jenny Mathews, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to jenjonmat@gmail.com Smallholders should market or consume their maize harvest strategically to leverage greatest advantage. Over the past few seasons grain SA team members have been encouraged by the progress of the subsistence and smallholder farmers participating in the programme. In
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Looking back and ahead at the maize price May 2019 Ikageng Maluleke, Junior Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za As the 2018/2019 season draws to a close, it has been a bumpy ride for farmers due to many factors, with drought playing a major role, which left most of the western areas planting
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Global maize market prospects April 2019 Ikageng Maluleke, Junior Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za What can one expect from the supply and demand for the global and local maize markets for the 2018/2019 marketing year? This article elaborates on the prospects. Global maize production is forecasted higher due to increased production and
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06 Mar 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAIN SA CONGRESS 2019 CRITICAL REFLECTION FOR A NEW FOOTPRINT Following great uncertainty of the past year, Grain SA had to critically reflect and take decisive steps to create a new footprint for farming and local food production. Through all its efforts, and keeping a sustainable grain sector
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Fertiliser requirements for optimal maize production March 2019 Pietman Botha, Pula Imvula contributor. Send an email to pietmanbotha@gmail.com For any crop including maize to produce optimally, the necessary moisture and fertiliser elements must always be available as needed by the plant. The main macro elements commonly required by a plant are Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P)
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Weather and volumes impact the maize prize March 2019 Ikageng Maluleke, Junior Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za Production is determined by area planted as well as yield; however, these two variables are contingent on weather. Considering the uncertainty brought by weather on intentions to plant, this article hypothesises different scenarios for exportable
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WHY DOES MAIZE LODGE? January 2019 Lodging happens when the stalk breaks below the ear. This means yield losses, increased time to harvest and may also influence the grain quality. Lodging usually occurs in the second half of the season as the maize plant starts to mature. There are several causes of lodging in maize,
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27 Dec 2018 The optimum planting window for the summer crops of maize and soybeans has passed, with hardly anything planted in the Western parts of the production areas. There is still some time left to grow sunflowers. “The probability of a repeat of the 2016 drought is increasing daily” Jannie de Villiers, CEO of
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Maize prospects for the 2018/2019 season November 2018 This article gives a brief overview of the 2018/2019 marketing season for maize. We firstly look at the international prospects and there we see an anticipated drop in production with utilisation slightly up. On the local front we expect maize production to be lower than the record
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