South Africa: Grain and Feed Update
For the 2015/16 MY, post forecasts that South Africa will return to be a net exporter of about 1.5 million tons of corn, as commercial production is expected to exceed 12.0 million tons on increased area planted. Post estimates that South Africa will import about 700,000 tons of corn, after a 30 percent drop in production due to drought. In the 2013/14 MY, South Africa exported about 2.0 million tons of corn after a record corn crop of 15.0 million was recorded.