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The production area of Genetically Engineered (GE) corn, soybean and cotton in South Africa increased to 2.7 million hectares in 2016, a 17 percent increase....

South Africa`s production of grapefruit, oranges and lemons/limes is forecast to increase in the 2017/18 MY, based on the increase in area planted and normal weather conditions....

The South African retail food sector is sophisticated and well developed relative to other markets on the African continent.

The United States bone-in broiler meat exports above the annual 65,000 ton anti-dumping duty free quota will continue to be subjected to an anti-dumping duty of R9.40 per kilogram.

Trade Shows have buyers, distributors, are cost-effective, provide market research and product testing.

The below average winter rainfall received in 2017 and the low dam levels (about thirty percent) in the drought stricken Western Cape, will severely impact the availability of irrigation water....

Post forecasts that South Africa will export about 2 million tons of corn in the 2017/18 MY, drawing on a relatively large carry-over stock from the 2016/17 MY.

Currently, broiler production in South Africa is under pressure due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8).

South Africa serves as the perfect entry point to doing business in the Sub-Saharan African region.

This is Post`s first report on the South African blueberry industry.

The South African sugar industry is expected to recover from the previous seasons’ drought following the normal rainfall and weather patterns in the 2017/18 MY.

As a result of the historically high corn crop, South Africa returned to being a net exporter of corn in the 2016/17 MY....