AGRICULTURE
Price of white maize falls with glut in SA’s export markets
SA could battle to offload some of its surplus white maize as major customers are also experiencing a production uptick. The country’s maize oversupply has led to prices falling to their lowest levels since September 2014. In its release on Wednesday, the government’s crop estimates committee said the size of the expected commercial maize crop was unchanged at 15.6-million tonnes. Of that, 9.5-million tonnes would be white maize and the rest the yellow variety. Industry expectations are for a 4.2-million tonne exportable surplus for both white and yellow maize. About 2-million tonnes will be exported, while the rest of the stocks will carry over to the next marketing year.
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