South Africa: Estimated maize crop 7% larger than last year

The estimated maize crop is 7% larger than the 2020 crop. The three most important maize producing areas, viz. the Free State, Mpumalanga and North West provinces are expected to produce 84% of the 2021 crop. The area under white maize is 1,692 mill. ha and for yellow maize the area is 1,064 mill. ha. The production estimate for white maize decreased by 172 250 tons compared to the previous estimate, from 8,937 mill. tons to 8.765 million. ton. The yield of white maize is 5,18 t / ha. In the case of yellow maize, the production estimate is 7,552 mill. tons, which is 0.77% or 57,400 tons more than the 7,494 mill. tons of the previous estimate. The yield of yellow maize is 7,10 t / ha. Sunflower seed: The production estimate for sunflower seed was left unchanged at 677 240 tons. The area estimate for sunflower seed is 477 800 ha, while the expected yield is 1,42 t / ha. Other crops: The soybean production estimate decreased by 27,700 tons (1,44%), from 1,918 million. tons to 1,890 ...