This year's bumper wheat harvest will give SA's grain farmers a financial boost - but they will need another season before they find their financial footing.

My intention in this blog post is to briefly discuss South Africa’s food price inflation data for October 2020, which showed a sharp increase to a level last seen in August 2017.

The combination of a large harvest, joint efforts between the government and the private sector to keep agriculture operational since the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown, and long-term export market development efforts continue to pay off for SA’s agricultural sector.

 The combination of a large harvest, joint efforts between government and private sector to keep agriculture operational since the outset of the lockdown, and long-term efforts of export market development, continue to pay off for the domestic agricultural sector.

The restitution of land remains a very emotive issue in South Africa.

 On 10 November 2020, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology reaffirmed its view of a La Niña occurrence from this year until at least February 2021.