Agbiz said much of this positive activity is in the Western Cape, a major province in the production of winter crops. “For example, about 73% of the winter wheat plantings for the 2024-25 season ...

Over the weekend, when we drove across the Swartland region of the Western Cape, one important aspect we noticed was the encouraging winter wheat crop. The Western Cape has received excessive rain ...

A severe drought afflicting South Africa's Western Cape province is expected to cut agricultural output by 20 percent this year, decimating the wheat crop and reducing apple, grape and pear exports to ...

As winter approaches, South Africa faces a drier-than-usual season, particularly in the South-Western parts of the country. Christien Engelbrecht, Lead Scientist at the South African Weather ...

While 27% of U.S. winter wheat crop is under drought conditions, the Northern Plains wheat areas were especially dry. “That lead to poor development of the crop last autumn,” Rippey says.