The 2023/24 season promises to produce a high crop yield
Data on farmers’ planting plans points to a decent grain and oilseed crop
Steps to control the spread of the disease and moves to import products, plus the possible use of vaccines, should result in egg supplies improving
There are a number of factors to suggest that the production outlook is anything but bleak
The knock-on projection for local food prices is positive
During El Niño spring rainfall will be above-normal for most of the country and below-normal summer rainfall over the central to western regions and above-normal rainfall in the northeast
The country will reap the fruits of its favourable agricultural season
All indications are that we are on the verge of the long-awaited recovery of worldwide grain supplies
The rainy summer shielded field crops and horticulture from the negative effects of load-shedding
How the shifting seasons will affect the country’s crop output, with yield expected to be sufficient to meet local and export requirements