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    Growing of Cereals and Other Crops in South Africa 2023

    Gary Phillips | South Africa | 10 November 2023

    Growing of Cereals and Other Crops in South Africa 2022

    Pila Rulashe | South Africa | 20 December 2022

    Growing of Cereals and Other Crops 2018

    Yasmin Mahomedy | South Africa | 24 October 2018

    Growing of Cereals and Other Crops 2017

    Yasmin Mahomedy | South Africa | 06 February 2017

    Growing of Cereals and Other Crops 2015

    Yasmin Mahomedy | South Africa | 30 March 2015

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    Report Coverage

    This report on growing cereals and other related crops includes information on cereal grains such as maize, wheat, soya beans, dry beans, sorghum, oilseeds, barley, oats and hemp. It includes information on where crops are grown, the size of the industry in terms of revenue and production, state of the industry, notable players, trade, technology and innovation, input costs and the industry’s outlook. There are profiles of 20 companies including grower associations such as Grain South Africa and SA Canegrowers, agricultural companies such as AFGRI, BKB, Kaap Agri and Senwes, and hemp industry players such as Afrimat Hemp and Hemp Africa SA.

    Introduction

    • South Africa’s cereals and related crops industry has enjoyed three strong production years, underpinned by favourable weather conditions and high international producer prices. • Several global crises caused sharp rises in grain and oilseed prices, driving the value of South African crops higher at a time of record production volumes. • Oilseed production has been strengthened by processing investments, particularly in soya beans, leading to import substitution. • Drier summers ahead will likely favour sunflower seeds and soya beans. • As international prices decline and the weather becomes less favourable, grain producers face numerous challenges from the economic and political climate, particularly the electricity crisis and poorly-performing ports.

    Outlook

    • Cereal producers are in the throes of a fourth boom season after higher-than-average rains, the introduction of new seed varieties, and sustained high international commodity prices. • Disruptions to grain and oilseed supply from the Black Sea region seem to have stabilised while improved weather conditions in the United States and Brazil have led to increased global stocks of summer and winter cereals, which will put downward pressure on producer prices. • The impact of worsening growing conditions and reducing producer prices is expected to be exacerbated by sticky input costs. • Grain and oilseed producers are well-capitalised and may invest in improved yield to mitigate against margin pressure. • Drier summers will favour oilseed production.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 4
    2.2. Geographic Position 6
    2.3. Size of the Industry 9
    3. LOCAL 12
    3.1. State of the Industry 12
    3.2. Key Trends 25
    3.3. Key Issues 26
    3.4. Notable Players 26
    3.5. Trade 30
    3.6. Regulations 34
    3.7. Enterprise Development and Social Development 36
    4. AFRICA 38
    5. INTERNATIONAL 41
    6. INFLUENCING FACTORS 44
    6.1. Unforeseen Events 44
    6.2. Economic Environment 45
    6.3. Labour 46
    6.4. Environmental Issues 49
    6.5. Technology, R&D, Innovation 50
    6.6. Government Support 51
    6.7. Input Costs 52
    7. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 55
    7.1. Competition 55
    7.2. Ownership Structure of the Industry 55
    7.3. Barriers to Entry 56
    8. INDUSTRY SUMMARY 57
    9. OUTLOOK 58
    10. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 58
    11. REFERENCES 58
    11.1. Publications 58
    11.2. Websites 58
    APPENDIX 1 59
    Summary of Notable Players 59
    COMPANY PROFILES 64
    AFGRI Agri Services (Pty) Ltd 64
    Afrimat Hemp (Pty) Ltd 68
    BKB Ltd 69
    Dry Bean Producers' Organisation 74
    Grain South Africa 76
    Griekwaland Wes Korporatief Ltd 78
    Hemp Africa SA (Pty) Ltd 83
    Hemp Vest Africa (Pty) Ltd 85
    Hemporium (Pty) Ltd 86
    Kaap Agri Bedryf Ltd 88
    NWK Ltd 91
    Oos Vrystaat Kaap Bedryf Ltd 95
    Overberg Agri Bedrywe (Pty) Ltd 100
    Sentraal-Suid Kooperasie Beperk Primary Co-Operative Ltd 103
    Senwes Ltd 107
    Silostrat (Pty) Ltd 122
    South African Breweries Maltings (Pty) Ltd (The) 124
    South African Cane Growers Association NPC 125
    TWK Agri (Pty) Ltd 127
    VKB Beleggings (Pty) Ltd 132

    Report Coverage

    The growing of cereals and other crops includes major products such as maize and wheat and other cereal crops such as sunflower, groundnuts, sorghum, dry beans, barley, canola and oats. It includes geographical, production and trade information as well as information on the notable players, corporate actions, developments, trends, regulation, outlook and influencing factors such as climate and rainfall trends and land reform policies.

    The Growing of Cereals and Other Crops in South Africa

    Good rainfall and favourable conditions led to a near record maize crop in 2020, which moderated in 2021. Soyabean and sunflower crop volumes have grown, while groundnuts, sorghum and dry beans declined. Winter crops such as wheat experienced growth. Good production occurred at the same time as an increase in selected agricultural commodity prices, leading to a rise in gross income and an improvement in the country’s trade balance. Maize and wheat are especially important as they are staple foods and contribute to food security.

    Rising Costs

    Higher revenues from increases in producer prices may help absorb the impact of rising input costs of fuel, fertilisers and agrochemicals. The industry faces inconsistent energy supply, increasing administered prices, inflationary pressures and interest rate hikes and decaying public infrastructure including road and rail for transport as well as uncompetitive port operations. The war in Ukraine is expected to continue pushing input costs higher, particularly fertiliser prices as Russia is a major exporter of fertiliser materials.

    Key Trends

    The area harvested for maize has declined over time, but with improved yields, crop size has increased. The use of genetically modified maize technology since the early 2000s has contributed to increases in yield. Producer prices for grapes, avocados and lemon and limes have had greater growth than field crops. Due to constrained growing conditions, South Africa has not been able to exploit rising wheat producer prices more fully and continues to rely on imports. There is an increasing focus on the impact of business operations on the environment and a need to adapt to climate change.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 2
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 4
    2.2. Geographic Position 7
    2.3. Size of the Industry 12
    2.4. Key Success Factors and Pain Points 15
    3. LOCAL 16
    3.1. State of the Industry 16
    3.2. Key Trends 24
    3.3. Notable Players 25
    3.4. Trade 29
    3.5. Corporate Actions 35
    3.6. Regulations 36
    3.7. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 37
    4. AFRICA 39
    5. INTERNATIONAL 42
    6. INFLUENCING FACTORS 50
    6.1. COVID-19 50
    6.2. Economic Environment 51
    6.3. Labour 52
    6.4. Environmental Issues 54
    6.5. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 55
    6.6. Government Support 56
    6.7. Input Costs 57
    6.8. Access to finance 58
    7. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 59
    7.1. Competition 59
    7.2. Ownership Structure of the Industry 59
    7.3. Barriers to Entry 60
    8. SWOT ANALYSIS 61
    9. OUTLOOK 62
    10. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 63
    11. REFERENCES 63
    11.1. Publications 63
    11.2. Websites 65

    Report Coverage

    This report describes current conditions, commercial production statistics and predictions, and legislative developments. Factors that influence the success of the sector are also covered, including land expropriation and opportunities created by the September 2018 Constitutional Court ruling on the private use of cannabis which could lead to increased opportunities for cannabis growers.

    The Growing of Cereals and Other Crops in South Africa

    This report focuses on the growing of cereals and other crops in South Africa. These include maize, wheat, sugar cane, sunflower seeds, cotton and tobacco. The country’s agricultural sector contributes about 2.5% to gross domestic product and gross farming income from all agricultural products increased by 10.2% to an estimated R267bn in the year to 30 June 2017. The number of commercial farmers in South Africa continues to decline mainly due to dwindling farming profitability and policy uncertainty regarding expropriation of land without compensation.

    Record Production

    South Africa harvested 16.82 million tons of maize in 2017 compared to 7.5 million tons in 2016. Wheat production for 2016/2017 is estimated at 1.88 million tons, 436,000 tons more than the previous season. While production has increased, crop growers are facing a number of threats including cheap imports, higher production than demand and land expropriation. The sugar industry’s annual sales were reported to have declined by 27% as a result of imported sugar and the implementation of the Sugary Beverage Levy, while tobacco farming is under threat due to an increase in the distribution and sale of illegal cigarettes.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 2
    2.2. Geographic Position 4
    3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 6
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 8
    4.1. Local 8
    4.1.1. Trade 13
    4.1.2. Regulations 15
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 17
    4.2. Continental 19
    4.3. International 21
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 22
    5.1. Government Intervention and Land Reform 22
    5.2. Economic Environment 23
    5.3. Rising Operating Costs 24
    5.4. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 24
    5.5. Labour 27
    5.6. Environmental Concerns 29
    6. COMPETITION 30
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 30
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 31
    8. OUTLOOK 31
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 32
    10. REFERENCES 33
    10.1. Publications 33
    10.2. Websites 33

    Report Coverage

    The Growing of Cereals and Other Crops in South Africa describes current conditions, commercial production predicted for 2017 and legislative developments. Factors that influence the success of the sector are also covered, and include the current Fall Armyworm infestation that destroyed crops in Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe, and that has been identified as the cause of damage to yellow maize and maize planted for seed production in Limpopo and North West.

    The Growing of Cereals and Other Crops in South Africa

    This report focuses on the growing of cereals and other crops, including maize, wheat, sugar cane, sunflower seeds, cotton and tobacco. According to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), the country’s agricultural sector contributes about 2.5% to GDP and net farming income reached R73.414bn at the end of 2015. In the crop sub-sector Grain SA estimates its membership at 3,500 white commercial farmers, 123 “new era” black commercial farmers harvesting more than 250 tons annually, 1,133 smallholder farmers with more than 10 hectares at their disposal producing less than 250 tons and 6,002 subsistence farmers with fewer than 10 hectares who produce only for household use.

    Drought

    Although the South African agricultural sector performed well over the past decade and gross value added by the sector grew more than 30% in 2014, this expansion declined rapidly in the last two seasons as a result of extreme drought especially in the summer rainfall regions. Drought conditions during 2016 led to a maize harvest of 7.5 million tons, 25% lower than in 2015, resulting in the need for imports in excess of 3 million tons in the 2016/17 season. Adding to these problems are increasing input costs which have resulted in dwindling profitability for farmers of all crops, uncertainty regarding land reform legislation and for sugar farmers, the possibility of the imposition of a sugar tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 3
    2.2. Geographic Position 5
    3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 7
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 9
    4.1. Local 9
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 15
    4.1.2. Regulations 15
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 17
    4.2. Continental 19
    4.3. International 21
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 22
    5.1. Government Intervention and Land Reform 22
    5.2. Economic Environment 24
    5.3. Rising Input Costs 24
    5.4. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 25
    5.5. Labour 28
    5.6. Environmental Concerns 30
    6. COMPETITION 31
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 31
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 32
    8. OUTLOOK 32
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 33
    10. REFERENCES 34
    10.1. Publications 34
    10.2. Websites 34

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    South Africa could expect high food prices for the next 12 months as insufficient rainfall had resulted in “a below-average grain crop.”...

    Description

    This report focuses on the farming of maize, wheat, sugar cane, sunflower seeds, cotton and tobacco. South Africa’s agricultural sector contributes about 2.5% to GDP, a figure that has decreased from an average of 10% in the 1960s.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Supply Chain 2
    2.2. Geographic Position 4
    3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 7
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 8
    4.1. Local 8
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 18
    4.1.2. Regulations and Government Programmes 18
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 20
    4.2. Continental 22
    4.3. International 23
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 25
    5.1. Government Intervention and Land Reform 25
    5.2. Rising Input Costs 27
    5.3. Electricity Shortages 27
    5.4. Labour 27
    5.5. Economic Environment 30
    5.6. Technology 30
    5.7. Environmental Concerns 32
    6. COMPETITION 33
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 33
    6.2. Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 33
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 35
    8. OUTLOOK 35
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 36
    10. REFERENCES 37
    10.1. Publications 37
    10.2. Websites 37

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