South Africa in 2017. collect 16,412 million tons of corn – a record amount, which was obtained thanks to the good weather after the severe drought of the past season, follows from the data presented the Committee for the evaluation of yields of South Africa (EUFOR).

The CEC forecast is 2.7% higher than its July forecast. Including the production of white corn is expected to reach 9,653 million tonnes, while yellow – 6,759 million tons.

In 2016. the country collected only of 7.78 million tons of corn. The previous record corn crop was harvested in 1981. – 14,656 million tons.

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