BLBG:South Africa Will Probably Cut Corn-Crop Estimate by 1.4%, Survey Shows
South Africa, the biggest corn producer on the continent, will probably cut its forecast for this season’s harvest, a survey showed.
The country may say farmers will reap 10.85 million metric tons of corn, from the 11 million metric tons estimated in June, according to the median estimate of 12 traders Bloomberg surveyed. Forecasts ranged from 10.7 million to 11 million tons.
The Crop Estimates Committee will issue a sixth assessment of the crop on July 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Johannesburg.
White corn for December delivery, the most active contract on the South African Futures Exchange, rose 2.8 percent to 1,935 rand ($279) a ton by the midday close today. Yellow corn for September delivery gained 4.1 percent, to 1,884 rand a ton.
To contact the reporter on this story: Mkhululi Mancotywa in Johannesburg at mmancotywa1@bloomberg.net
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