South Africa: Grain and Feed Update
Under normal climatic conditions and taking into account the subsistence farming sector, South Africa’s total corn crop for the 2016/17 MY could reach 12.8 million tons. Hence, South Africa should return to be a net exporter of corn of about 1.0 million tons. The final estimate for the 2015/16 MY corn crop was set at 8.0 million tons, almost 40 percent tons lower than South Africa’s normal corn production due to the drought. As a result, South Africa will have to import about 3.0 million tons of corn in the 2015/16 MY. Due to the slow pace of approval by the South African government, the United States is still not allowed to export Genetically Engineered corn to be used for feed and food to South Africa.
