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Maize output seen up 7% on last season Reuters > By Reuters - 25 May 2021 - 10:49 The forecast is 2% higher than the CEC s April forecast of 16.095 million tonnes. Image: MICHAEL PINYANA
Maize farmers are expected to harvest 7% more of the staple crop during the 2020/2021 season compared with the previous season, as yields are boosted by favourable weather, a Reuters survey showed on Monday.
SA s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) is expected to forecast the 2020/2021 maize crop at 16.413 million tonnes, up from the 15.300 million tonnes harvested last season, the average estimate of five traders and analysts showed.
The forecast is 2% higher than the CEC s April forecast of 16.095 million tonnes.
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By Akhona Matshoba, Reuters
24 May 2021 15:25
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South African maize farmers are expected to harvest 7% more of the staple crop during the 2020/2021 season compared with the previous season, as yields are boosted by favourable weather, a Reuters survey showed on Monday.
South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) is expected to forecast the 2020/2021 maize crop at 16.413 million tonnes, up from the 15.300 million tonnes harvested last season, the average estimate of five traders and analysts showed.
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5/24/2021
JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (Reuters) - South African maize farmers
are expected to harvest 7% more of the staple crop during the
2020/2021 season compared with the previous season, as yields
are boosted by favourable weather, a Reuters survey showed on
Monday.
South Africa s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) is expected to
forecast the 2020/2021 maize crop at 16.413 million tonnes, up
from the 15.300 million tonnes harvested last season, the
average estimate of five traders and analysts showed.
The forecast is 2% higher than the CEC s April forecast of
16.095 million tonnes. Beneficial temperatures and growing conditions over the
past few months sustained maturing and filling maize plants,
said Riddermark Capital Grain Option Market Trader Warren
S Africa s 2020/2021 maize output expected to rise 7% from last season - survey agriculture.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from agriculture.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.