In regular seasons a sizeable domestic maize harvest would ordinarily lead to a decline in prices. But SA’s 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 maize production seasons have not been ordinary.

Ivory Coast and Ghana asked cocoa and chocolate companies last week to pay more in premiums to support farmers' wages, the head of Ivory Coast's industry regulator told Reuters -

In Europe, the harvest of strawberries moves north, as Spain closes a bumpy season while other countries begin their production.

Avoiding soil compaction is a challenge, especially when weather and the calendar push growers into tough decisions about when to plant, till or harvest.

The Northern Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa recently experienced their longest drought in 100 years.

Researchers have found that growing more legumes could be a more nutritious and sustainable food production approach for European agriculture.