up 13% on last year while maize imports are forecast to be down slightly on the year. In 2024-25 total domestic consumption of cereals is estimated at 24.18mt, down 2% on the year but in line with the ...

A report by the US agriculture department raised this possibility, but South Africa’s maize harvest is well above the annual ...

Outside of southern Africa, the only other major producer of white maize is Mexico. There are far more options for importing yellow maize, used mostly for animal feed. South Africa has issued import ...

Maize is commonly used in feed formulation for an energy source ... If you decide to use animal protein sources like heated blood meal and fish meals, note that fish meal may cause off-flavours ...

Munya disclosed that the government has allowed animal feed manufacturers ... A waiver on import duty for yellow maize for the processing of livestock feeds, the CS said, will run for one year.

"Even if they're being used as animal feed, there's enough surplus to divert ... with the Bangor scientists to look at whether waste maize stalks could be used to produce food packaging there.