SA likely to encounter above-average rainfall in mid-summer
SA IS likely to experience above-normal rainfall towards the mid-summer season, according to the SA Weather Service’s monthly report, which provides a five-month view."However, the uncertainty level remains fairly high with a marginal confidence since most of those climate systems that govern our region are not clearly manifested in favour of the forecast’s expectation," said forecaster Cobus Olivier in a statement.The above-average rainfall will be a welcome relief to the agricultural sector, the output of which contracted for the sixth straight quarter in the second quarter, as it reeled from the after-effects of the drought that affected food production.Farmers are gearing up for a new planting session, which runs between October and December. Hot and dry conditions over the past season adversely affected production of summer crops, including maize and soybeans.White maize, which is hardly available on the international market, is usually milled into maize meal and is a staple fo...
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