Final area planted and crop production figures of commercial maize, sunflower seed, soybeans, groundnuts and sorghum for 2020

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At a meeting held on 11 February 2021, the Crop Estimates Liaison Committee (CELC) oversaw the process for the finalisation of the crop production figures of commercial white and yellow maize, sunflower seed, soybeans, groundnuts and sorghum for 2020.
The estimated total production figures as released by the national Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) were revised, using the published figures of the South Africa Grain Information Services (SAGIS) of actual deliveries as the basis for the calculations. The figures from the maize utilisation survey to determine on-farm usage and retentions, which was conducted by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and the telephonic survey conducted by the National Crop Statistics Consortium (NCSC), were added to the SAGIS delivery figures to calculate the final crop production figures.
Comparing the final calculated crop figures with the numbers set by the CEC during November 2020, the size of the commercial maize crop is now 15,300 mill. tons, which is 0,70% or 108 180 tons less than the final crop estimate figure of 15,408 mill. tons. For white maize, the recalculated crop size is 8,548 mill. tons, which is 1,37% or 118 810 tons less than the final crop estimate figure, and for yellow maize the recalculated crop size is 6,752 mill. tons, which is 0,16% or 10 630 tons more than the final crop estimate figure.
In the case of the commercial sunflower seed crop, the final calculated crop figure is now 788 500 – 0,33% or 2 590 tons more than the final crop estimate figure of 785 910 tons. The sorghum crop were adjusted upward by 1,57% (or 2 440 tons) to 158 000 tons. The soybeans crop remained unchanged at 1,246 mill. tons, whilst the groundnuts crop also remained unchanged at 50 080 tons.
CELC accepted the final recalculated crop production figures for 2020 (please refer to the figures in the accompanying tables). The CEC would like to thank all producers and industry role-players who provided information on a regular basis to improve the accuracy of the crop estimates. Producers, who do not participate in the Department’s monthly survey, are requested as a matter of urgency to make an effort to contribute to the crop estimates process.
Source: CEC