Wheat outlook for 2018/2019 March 2019 Ikageng Maluleke, Junior Economist, Grain SA. Send an email to Ikageng@grainsa.co.za This article outlines wheat prospects for both local and international markets, in terms of production, supply, demand, trade and ending stocks. International prospects World 2018/2019 wheat supplies are expected to increase by about 0,8 million tons due to
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Preparing for planting time – irrigated wheat and barley March 2019 Written by a retired farmer The preparations required for planting wheat or barley on a farm or centre pivot area might in general be the same for each farmer but may differ according to prior production experience for the soil climate and irrigation systems
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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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22 Feb 2019 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CONDITIONS The widespread rain over the past few weeks has generally allowed summer grain crops to recover very well. Due to the largest percentage of grain crops being planted outside the optimal planting dates, average to below average yields are generally expected. The number of heat units on specifically the
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22 Feb 2019 SORGHUM FUTURES CONTRACT SIZE REVISED WITH THE HOPE TO STIMULATE PARTICIPATION Although the sorghum futures contract has been listed on SAFEX for a few years, it has not really served the purpose as a price risk hedging mechanism. This is mainly as a result of insufficient participation in the contract and therefore
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