Maize plantings seen largely unchanged

28 Feb 2012
SA's maize plantings are likely to remain unchanged to slightly higher, when the Crop Estimates Committee releases the revised area and first production forecasts on 2011-12 summer crops on Tuesday. Articles Sample image Maize futures gain on patchy rainfall Sample image Maize futures slip on rand and weather Sample image More rain needed for repeat of last year’s bumper maize harvest — Grain SA SA planted 2.630 million hectares of maize this season, up 10.9% from the previous season's 2.372 million hectares, the committee said last month in its first preliminary report.

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