Earlier this year, Dr Charl van der Merwe became manager of the Agbiz Grain desk. With nearly 30 years’ experience in grain handling, procurement, market analysis, and strategic development, he drives ...

Kenya has been dealt a blow after missing from among the first six countries that will benefit from a new food export deal announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin last week. President Putin on ...

BELOKURIKHA, February 28. /TASS/. More frequent cases of drought and floods in certain African countries raise higher grain needs of the region and thereby open additional opportunities for Russian ...

Pierre Thiam has been evangelizing the merits of fonio for years. The ancient grain has more than 5,000 years of history in West Africa, and the Senegalese chef and cookbook author knows all about its ...

A client who pays their loans on time will receive better terms than one who defaults, as the cost of collection for a ...

BOTHAVILLE, South Africa (Reuters) - The South African government's forecast of a 7.2 million tonne maize harvest this year is "optimistic" and will almost certainly be revised down, the country's ...

Farming associations across South Africa are celebrating optimistic forecasts from the Crop Estimates Committee (CEC), projecting the nation’s harvest at a significant 17.2 million tonnes, marking an ...

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa must formally declare a national disaster for the government to release relief funds to help farmers through the worst drought in a century, the country's largest ...

The Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) has announced optimistic news for consumers as ample grain harvests are likely to ease food price inflation concerns. Agbiz chief economist, ...