South Africa’s maize estimate up

25 Aug, 2017 - 09:08 0 Views

eBusiness Weekly

South Africa will harvest 15,969 million tonnes of maize this season, the biggest crop on record after improved weather conditions across the maize belt boosted yields, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Wednesday.

The estimate is up 2 percent compared to the CEC’s June forecast of 15,6 million tonnes. The previous record harvest of 14,656 million tonnes was set in 1981.

The CEC estimate came in just above a forecast by analysts and traders who pegged this year’s crop at 15,77 million tonnes.

The harvest will comprise 9.507 million tonnes of white maize, the regional staple used for human consumption, and 6.462 million tonnes of yellow, the bulk of which is used in animal feed, the CEC’s sixth production forecast of the season said. — Reuters.

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