Newly appointed MEC, Mase Manopole, says mentorship by commercial farmers to small scale farmers is essential in an effort to prepare upcoming farmers to become commercial farmers.

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Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, Agbiz, says South Africa’s 2020/21 winter wheat production conditions have improved notably from the worrying outlook at the start of the season because of beneficial rains, specifically in the Western Cape which is the country's largest producer of wheat. Sihlobo is however of the opinion that the country will remain depended on global wheat supplies for half of its annual consumption. The indications on the global front are positive for the 2020/21 wheat harvest, although dryness could become a challenge for parts of Europe and America.

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