South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee has forecast that maize plantings will increase 31 percent in 2017 with those of white maize up by 53.5 percent and yellow maize by 6.4 percent. Meanwhile, there is a debate in the country regarding usage of Roundup weed killer.
Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Russia has issued a report on corn exports, both domestic and global, which shows that 1.7 MMT of the 4.7 MMT it exported in 2015/16 went to the Middle Eastern countries of Turkey (1 MMT), Lebanon (360,000 MT) and Iran (214,000 MT). In addition, 1.3 MMT went to the EU and 1.1 MMT to East Asia (mainly South Korea). Thus far in 2016/17, Russia has exported 1 MMT of corn to the Middle East. According to the r...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
