South Africa's 2024 maize harvest seen 22.6% lower than last year
Nov 27 (Reuters) -South African farmers are expected to harvest 22.6% less maize in the 2023/2024 season compared with the previous one, the government's Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Wednesday.
The CEC's final summer crop forecast estimated the 2024 harvest at 12.72 million metric tons, down from 16.43 million tons harvested the season before. The latest forecast is unchanged from theprevious estimate released on Oct. 29.
The harvest is expected to consist of 6million tons of white maize, for human consumption, and 6.72million tons of yellow maize, used mainly in animal feed.
Reporting by Nelson Banya, Editing by Bhargav Acharya
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