South Africa’s Crop Estimate Committee raised the expected soya harvest to record levels. It kept the expected maize harvest for 2017 the same in the fifth crop estimate for the summer season. The soya crop was raised with 8.7% to 1.34 million tons from the previous estimate of 1.233 million…
This is you monthly update on southern African markets. ZIMBABWE Zimbabwean maize prices have been following a downward trend since December of 2016, and have continued with that trend in anticipation of the higher maize crop. For the month of May 2017, prices declined by 8.2% compared to April of…
Johan Keyter, a retired policeman from Vereeniging in the Gauteng province of South Africa, says DIYers often waste time having to move between the place where they are working and the bench vice in the workshop. To solve this problem, he mounted a bench vice on a tripod of angle…
Poultry input costs are still high despite the bumper harvest of maize and soya bean. This prompted the Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) to appeal to feed manufacturers to cut prices. “Maize and soya bean are key ingredients in poultry stock feed and we expected prices to come down as…
The Zambian government will no longer impose maize export restrictions as it gears to promote grain trade in the region. Last month, government lifted a moratorium on the export of raw and processed maize which was in place for 18 months, but then immediately imposed a 10% export duty on…
There is a profitable opportunity for banks to finance small to medium-sized agricultural enterprises in southern Africa and globally, said Randall Brummett from the World Bank. According to Brummett, the average capital expenditure of aquaculture farms in Southern Africa is more or less $5 million, meaning most of the farms…
Zambian fresh producers are pushing back against marketing agents at Soweto Market, the country’s main outlet. Located in the west of the capital Lusaka, Soweto Market is a fresh produce and one-stop destination for retailers, grocers, street traders, the food service industry and regular consumers. An estimated 10 000 buyers…
