For 56-year-old Ranganai Shonhiwa, a smallholder farmer from Murehwa district in Zimbabwe, maize is life. This vital crop not ...

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 ...

Recent market trends indicate prices at the farm gate have soared to Sh4,000 per bag from Sh2,500 in September 2024, a stark ...

Farming associations in South Africa celebrate a projected 11% increase in the harvest, as the Crop Estimates Committee ...

When the market closed on 14 February, South Africa’s white maize spot price was R5 559 a tonne, well below the R6 700 per tonne mark we saw at the start of January 2025. But it is still up 30% ...

The Maya believed that their ancestors essentially came from corn, and they were formed of yellow and white maize dough. Maize was certainly a primary focus of ritual and religious veneration by ...