South African corn farms are suffering “extensive” damage from what appears to be an alien caterpillar that destroyed fields in other countries in the region, according to the government.

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 ...

Farmers are abandoning onetime basics such as sweet corn ... pea acreage fell across the South. It has been popular in the region since it was brought from West Africa to feed enslaved people.

Taiwan's MFIG purchasing group bought about 55,000 tonnes of animal feed corn expected to be sourced from South Africa in an international tender that closed on Wednesday, European traders said.

(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 ...

South Africa may import significant amounts of white corn, used to make a staple food, for the first time since 2017 as the El Niño weather pattern withers the crop, the chief economist for the ...

South Africa is likely to import 350,000 tons of yellow corn in the marketing season, with 135,000 tons having already arrived from Argentina and Brazil, Sihlobo said.