Shares in agriculture group Crookes Brothers jumped 9% on the JSE on Friday after it said it expects to report higher full-year earnings.

The group, which focuses on the production of primary agricultural products, including sugar cane, bananas, deciduous fruit and macadamia nuts, said its headline earnings per share  (HEPS) for the year to end-March were expected to be 27% higher...

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