South Africa Corn Exports Seen Falling to 1.6 Mln Tons by FAO
By Rudy Ruitenberg -
2012-12-17T10:32:00Z
South Africa’s corn exports in the year through April 2013 are forecast to drop to 1.6 million metric tons from 2.5 million tons in 2011-12 because of lower beginning stocks, the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization said.
Corn planting for 2013 may show a “marginal” increase as farmers react to higher corn prices and due to crop rotation, the Rome-based United Nations agency wrote in a country report on its website dated Dec. 13.
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