Tag: Maize
Maize and soya bean harvest estimates lifted even further
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The Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) recently lifted its estimates for South Africa’s 2021/22 maize production, by 2% from July...
Zambia’s lower maize production for 2021/22 won’t affect Southern Africa
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There are two significant maize-producing countries in the Southern Africa region: South Africa (SA) and Zambia. SA’s 2021/22 maize...
Turkey unloads first shipment of Ukrainian maize
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The first ship with grain from Ukraine was unloaded in the Turkish port of Derince. The vessel Polarnet departed...
China clears the path for cultivation of GM maize and soya...
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The Chinese National Crop Variety Approval Committee released two standards that clear the path for cultivating genetically modified (GM)...
Port of East London re-opens for maize export
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The Port of East London will re-open for agricultural maize exports for the first time in ten years. The...
Bt maize: How to prevent resistance
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The word ‘stewardship’ is heard a lot in the agricultural industry. This is because producers are inherently custodians of...
Agro-processing of maize
Most value-added food products available
to consumers have been processed in one way or another. Without the aid of food
processing, we would not have the...