SA 2015 maize output up 1.1% to 9.83m tons
SA's maize output has been finalised at 9.941-million tons in 2015, up 1.1% from last month's estimate.
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In its final estimate report for the year, the crop estimates committee said the pace of South African Grain Information Services deliveries showed signaled a bigger crop.
The forecast for white maize edged up 1.1% to 4.720-million tons while that of the yellow variety edged up 1% to 5.238-million tons.
The production estimate for sunflowers rose 0.60% to 660,900 tons while that of soybeans lifted 1.8% to record 1.059-million tons.
Meanwhile, the production estimate for wheat in 2015 dropped 3.3% to 1.635-million tons compared with last year.
Source: BDpro