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When viewed annually, the white maize harvest is down 26%, with yellow maize down 10% from the 2022-23 season. File photo

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Agricultural outlook: What to expect for South Africa’s maize and oilseed market

White maize prices are likely to be 30% higher, with yellow maize up by 20%

Wandile Sihlobo

South Africa is not an insignificant player in global agriculture. The country ranked 32nd among the world’s top agricultural exporters in 2023 and the only African country in the top 40.

South Africa could help to fill agricultural-commodity gap arising from the Russia-Ukraine war

Africa imported $4-billion worth of agricultural products from Russia in 2020. Of the total, 90% was wheat and 6% sunflower oil

Eunice Masson