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Alhoewel die hoë kommoditeitspryse in landbou - wat 'n resultaat is van die onrus in die Oekraïne - goed is vir baie produsente, raak kunsmis basies onbekombaar en onbekostigbaar duur. Dr. Frikkie Maré, 'n senior landbou-ekonoom van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat, se stelling kom soos wat hy goeie reën en goeie landboutoestande in die begin van die seisoen opweeg teenoor die negatiewe faktore soos die sprinkaanuitbraak in onder meer die Noord-Kaap, en die oorlog in die Oekraïne. Maré sê ook brandstof- en kunsmispryse skiet skielik die hoogte in en hy raai landbouers aan om eerder te probeer oorleef op die korttermyn en negatiewe faktore die hoof te bied.

Statistics South Africa’s latest update on agriculture's real GDP for quarter four of 2021, shows an impressive rebound of a 12.2% quarter-on-quarter growth, adjusted after surprising on the downside by 1.5% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2021. Dawie Maree, Head of Information and Marketing at FNB, says that the country’s overall real GDP grew by 1.2% in the fourth quarter of 2021, underpinned by gains in trade, manufacturing, personal services, and agriculture.

Die Noord-Kaapse Departement van Landbou sê hulle verwag dat die nasionale Departement van Landbou 'n helikopter sal verskaf wat sprinkaanbestrydingspanne op die grond kan bystaan. Die provinsiale departement se woordvoerder, Zandisile Luphahla, sê gebiede wat steeds deur uitbrekings geraak word, sluit in Upington, Britstown en De Aar. Hy voeg ook by dat die reën spanne se vermoë om sprinkane te bestry belemmer, en hy versoek die publiek om swerms by onder meer plaaslike landbou-organisasies aan te meld.

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The start of South Africa's 2021/22 summer crop production season was challenging for farmers and agricultural roleplayers, because of excessive rains which delayed planting in various regions and threatened crop yield prospects. But the past few weeks were calm with reasonably warm weather conditions in much of the country, supporting crops and easing concerns about the possibility of smaller yields due to excessive soil moisture. Wandile Sihlobo, the chief economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, says the data released by the Crop Estimates Committee last week underscores an optimistic view of crop conditions. The expansion in area planting, combined with expected better yields in some regions, are the major factors behind these expected relatively large harvests.

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