South African corn crop to drop significantly this year
Maize (Corn)
South Africa
Published Mar 30, 2022
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South African farmers are expected to harvest 10% less corn in the 2021/2022 season compared to the previous season, the government's Crop Evaluation Committee (CEC) said on March 28, Reuters reported.
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South African farmers are expected to harvest 10% less corn in the 2021/2022 season compared to the previous season, the government's Crop Evaluation Committee (CEC) said March 28, Reuters reported. The CEC has estimated a possible 2022 corn crop of 14.684 million tons, compared to 16.315 million tons harvested last season. The crop is expected to consist of 7.570 million tons of white corn used for food and 7.115 million tons of yellow corn used mainly as animal feed. It should be noted that the export of corn this season until the end of July will amount to 1.27 million tons. At the same time, during the same period in the previous five years, the average export amounted to about 950 thousand tons. Grain SA (GSA) economist Van der Walt said 156,000 tons ...
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