For white maize – the caloric staple of many lower-income households – production is forecast at 22% higher at almost 7.4 million tonnes. But the yellow maize crop, used primarily for animal ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa imported white maize from the United States last week for the first time since 2004, the country's Grain Information Service (SAGIS) said on Tuesday. White maize is the ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa, the continent's biggest maize producer, exported 18,985 tonnes of white maize into southern Africa last week, data showed on Tuesday, and its main maize ...

Johannesburg - South Africa had just received its largest shipment of white maize for the season so far from Mexico yesterday, said Agricultural Business Chamber senior agricultural economist ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rainbow nation faces a drought-induced corn conundrum about the colour of its staple, a starchy cake-like mixture derived from maize: white, yellow or a mix ...

White maize is used for a staple food known locally as pap. South Africa, the continent’s largest corn producer, will probably increase its forecast for output of the crop this season 1.6 ...

The Port of Durban is receiving a shipment of imported white maize – the first import of the grain since March 2017, when South Africa was experiencing a severe drought. The African Baza ...

In a statement on Friday, April 4, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the yellow maize will primarily be used for animal feed, while white maize would be reserved for human consumption.