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The hot, dry weather affecting most of SA's major maize-producing areas is expected to decimate yields this season and, together with an increased demand for ethanol production in the US which has increased global prices, has raised fears that prices could start pushing import parity.
Issue date:23 March 2007

Grain chairperson Neels Ferreira said it's disturbing that Safex wheat prices trade at up to R200/t below import parity prices for Argentinian wheat and up to R350/t below import parity for US hard red wheat, despite the huge disparity between locally produced wheat and demand.
Issue date:23 March 2007

Criticism of the Department of Minerals and Energy's (DME's) Draft Biofuels Industrial Strategy grows, the potential advantages of some of the recommendations made in Treasury's recently released windfall tax report on developing a biofuel sector in SA have largely gone unnoticed.
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

The prolonged hot and dry weather has seen a slow-down in retail sales of agricultural equipment, according to Dr Jim Rankin, secretary of the SA Agricultural Machinery Association (Saama).
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

Fruit export company KatopÉ RSA has announced a series of structural changes to its business to strengthen its position in the fruit export market.
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

Further rand weakness and an increase in Australian prices supported the local wool market, with the Cape Wools indicator gaining 3,6% to close at R39,98/kg clean.
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

While it's still too early to get excited, indications are that this year might be better than 2006 for the wine industry
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

The Land Claims Court has granted the Mpumalanga Land Claims Commission leave to appeal its judgment that officials have no right to expand a land claim to include properties not listed in an original claim form.
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

The Mpumalanga departments of Safety and Security, and Agriculture and Land Administration have established a rural safety framework.
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

The national Angora flock, already down to about 900 000 animals, has taken another knock with the loss of an estimated 20 000 goats during a wet and windy cold snap that hit the Eastern Cape earlier this month.
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

Billboard saves Schweizer-Reneke
Issue Date: 23 March 2007

Zululand police have arrested and charged 24-year-old Siphamandla Thabani Shange for the murder of New Venture Farm manager Kenneth Eva. A source close to the investigation said further arrests in the case are imminent.
Issue Date: 23 March 2007