Maize

South Africa Sees Food Inflation, Opportunity From Russia-Ukraine War

South Africa will feel the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on food prices but is also primed to benefit from it through maize exports, experts said o...

Late French Maize Harvest Nears End: FranceAgriMer

Farmers in France had cut 91% of the grain maize crop area by 15 November, up from 82% a week earlier, as a late-running harvest neared an end, FranceAgriM...

EU Crop Monitor Cuts 2021 Maize, Spring Barley Yield Forecasts

The European Union's crop monitoring unit MARS lowered its yield forecast for spring barley and maize due to the negative impact of sustained hot and dry c...

EU Trims 2021/22 Harvest And Stocks Forecasts Of Wheat

The European Commission trimmed its forecast of usable production of common wheat in European Union's 27 member countries in 2021/22 to 125.8 million tonne...

South Africa's 2020/2021 Maize Output To Increase 7% On Last Season

South African maize farmers are expected to harvest 7% more of the staple crop during the 2020/2021 season compared with the previous season, as yields are...

IGC Sees Record Global Grain Production In 2021/22 Season

The International Grains Council (IGC) has forecast global grain production would climb to a record 2.287 billion tonnes in the 2021/22 seas...

France Slashes Sugar Beet Crop Forecast On Disease, Drought

France's farm ministry on Monday cut by 10% its forecast for the country's ongoing sugar beet harvest as it factored in further effects of crop disease and...

EU Cuts Maize Import Tariff To Zero

The European Union cut its duty on maize (corn) imports to zero on Thursday to take account of a rise in US maize prices following a reduced forecast for t...