The white maize forecast was down 0.87% to 6.359 million tons‚ while the forecast for yellow maize dropped 0.2% to 4.696 million tons.
The committee based its decision on the lower-than-anticipated maize yields in North West‚ Gauteng and Limpopo due to unfavourable production conditions.
The area planted for both white and yellow maize was unchanged at 2.699 million hectares.
In terms of other crops‚ the sunflower output estimate lifted 2.35% to 527‚110 tons‚ while the area planted remained unchanged at 453‚350 hectares.
But the soya beans output forecast declined 2.9% to 691‚050 tons‚ while area planted was 472‚000 hectares‚ unchanged from the previous estimate.
Groundnuts were up 0.23% to 65‚690 tons‚ while the area planted was 45‚450 hectares‚ also unchanged from the previous forecast.
The sorghum output estimate edged up 0.3% to 141‚050 tons‚ while the area planted remained the same at 48‚550 hectares.
The dry beans estimate were up 0.8% to 47‚695 tons‚ as was area planted at 39‚750 hectares.
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