The Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupted the global food and logistics chain, and therefore prices have been trading at higher levels. The USDA Winter Wheat and Canola Seeding Report shows that Hard Red Winter (HRW) wheat seeded area is 10% higher than in 2022. Soft Red Winter (SRW) wheat seeded area is up 20% from 2022, and White Winter wheat …
Poultry farmers in South Africa are experiencing major losses in profitability as they had to cull 10 million chickens over the last 6 weeks due to load shedding. The culling’s resulted in a shortage of poultry in South Africa due to the inability of farmers to raise them with the current rolling blackouts. Medium to small farming enterprise were especially …
