The country faces one of the worst corn harvests ever on the back of a devastating, historic drought. South Africa's corn crop dilemma - Agweek | #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets ...

South Africa, the largest corn producer on the continent, will probably reap the smallest harvest since 2007 this year after the country suffered the lowest rainfall since records began because of ...

JOHANNESBURG - South African prices for yellow corn, used mostly for animal feed, scaled their highest peaks in 2015 on Monday as drought concerns mounted, fueling food price pressures in Africa's ...

(Bloomberg) -- Africa’s corn harvest this year is a tale of two extremes as worries about overflowing silos and rotting crops in the south contrast with the east where supermarkets are running short ...

South Africa is importing yellow corn for the first time in 22 months as stocks of the grain declined to a nine-month low in January, Senwes Ltd. said. Stockpiles of both white and yellow corn ...

South Africa is seeking new markets for its grains even after the continent’s biggest corn producer started importing the yellow variety following the nation’s worst drought since 1992 and as ...

Last month corn stocks in South Africa fell to the lowest level in nine months due to smaller than expected harvests and increased exports. According to the South African Grain Information Service ...

(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s Agricultural Business Chamber raised its forecast for the country’s corn exports as local consumers use more low-cost grain imported from South America and free up ...

North West and the central Free State province account for the bulk of South Africa’s corn output. “If this pest is indeed the fall armyworm, it could be disastrous, particularly to maize ...

A worker sprays a newly planted fi eld of corn with insecticide to protect against an infestation of fall army worms on a farm north of Pretoria in South Africa, earlier this month. Southern ...