Area planted and second production forecast for summer crops (2020)
Oppervlakte- en tweede produksieskatting vir somergewasse (2020)
Estimates courtecy of the Crop Estimates Committee
Syfers deur die Oesskattingskomitee verskaf
| Crop / Gewas | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
First forecast Eerste skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
Change Verandering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | ||
| Ha | Tons | Tons | Ha | Tons | % | |
| (A) | (B) | (C) | (D) | (E) | (B) ÷ (C) | |
| Commercial / Kommersieël | ||||||
| White maize / Witmielies | 1 616 300 | 8 523 465 | 8 286 825 | 1 298 400 | 5 545 000 | +2.86 |
| Yellow maize / Geelmielies | 994 500 | 6 285 885 | 6 273 335 | 1 002 100 | 5 730 000 | +0.20 |
| Total Maize / Totale Mielies | 2 610 800 | 14 809 350 | 14 560 160 | 2 300 500 | 11 275 000 | +1.71 |
| Sunflower seed / Sonneblomsaad | 500 300 | 731 210 | 699 130 | 515 350 | 678 000 | +4.59 |
| Soybeans / Sojabone | 705 000 | 1 269 150 | 1 242 950 | 730 500 | 1 170 345 | +2.11 |
| Groundnuts / Grondbone | 37 500 | 56 060 | 54 390 | 20 050 | 19 400 | +3.07 |
| Sorghum | 42 599 | 132 810 | 135 090 | 50 500 | 127 000 | -1.69 |
| Dry beans / Droëbone | 50 150 | 72 910 | 72 910 | 59 300 | 66 355 | – |
| Total / Totaal | 3 946 250 | 17 071 490 | 16 764 630 | 3 676 200 | 13 336 100 | +1.83 |
Note: Estimate is for calendar year, for example production season 2019/2020 = 2020
Nota: Skatting is vir kalenderjaar, byvoorbeeld produksie-seisoen 2019/2020 = 2020
Production 2010-2020 Produksie
Production 2010-2020 Produksie
Production 2010-2020 Produksie
| Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | ||||||||
| White Wit |
Yellow Geel |
Total Totaal |
White Wit |
Yellow Geel |
Total Totaal |
White Wit |
Yellow Geel |
Total Totaal |
White Wit |
Yellow Geel |
Total Totaal |
| Ha | Ha | Ha | Tons | Tons | Tons | Ha | Ha | Ha | Tons | Tons | Tons |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | |||||||||||
| 400 | 3 400 | 3 800 | 3 600 | 30 600 | 34 200 | 400 | 3 400 | 3 800 | 3 600 | 30 600 | 34 200 |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | |||||||||||
| 3 400 | 43 100 | 46 500 | 39 440 | 618 485 | 657 925 | 3 400 | 43 500 | 46 900 | 39 500 | 630 750 | 670 250 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | |||||||||||
| 855 000 | 365 000 | 1 220 000 | 4 617 000 | 1 989 250 | 6 606 250 | 650 000 | 380 000 | 1 030 000 | 2 795 000 | 1 758 000 | 4 553 000 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | |||||||||||
| 5 500 | 17 000 | 22 500 | 36 025 | 118 150 | 154 175 | 3 800 | 10 200 | 14 000 | 23 000 | 69 750 | 92 750 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | |||||||||||
| 47 000 | 55 000 | 102 000 | 303 150 | 423 500 | 726 650 | 45 000 | 54 000 | 99 000 | 270 000 | 399 600 | 669 600 |
| Mpumalanga | |||||||||||
| 160 000 | 353 000 | 513 000 | 928 000 | 2 223 900 | 3 151 900 | 145 000 | 338 000 | 483 000 | 797 500 | 1 977 300 | 2 774 800 |
| Limpopo | |||||||||||
| 15 000 | 18 000 | 33 000 | 105 000 | 126 000 | 231 000 | 12 800 | 18 000 | 30 800 | 83 200 | 117 000 | 200 200 |
| Gauteng | |||||||||||
| 55 000 | 50 000 | 105 000 | 330 000 | 315 000 | 645 000 | 48 000 | 60 000 | 108 000 | 259 200 | 348 000 | 607 200 |
| North West / Noordwes | |||||||||||
| 475 000 | 90 000 | 565 000 | 2 161 250 | 441 000 | 2 602 250 | 390 000 | 95 000 | 485 000 | 1 274 000 | 399 000 | 1 673 000 |
| Total / Totaal | |||||||||||
| 1 616 300 | 994 500 | 2 610 800 | 8 523 465 | 6 285 885 | 14 809 350 | 1 298 400 | 1 002 100 | 2 300 500 | 5 545 000 | 5 730 000 | 11 275 000 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | – | – | – | – |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | 1 200 | 1 440 | 950 | 1 140 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 260 000 | 416 000 | 270 000 | 391 500 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | 300 | 750 | 100 | 260 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | – | – | – | – |
| Mpumalanga | 2 800 | 3 920 | 4 500 | 4 500 |
| Limpopo | 65 000 | 61 750 | 61 000 | 61 000 |
| Gauteng | 4 000 | 5 200 | 3 800 | 3 800 |
| North West / Noordwes | 167 000 | 242 150 | 175 000 | 215 800 |
| Total / Totaal | 500 300 | 731 210 | 515 350 | 678 000 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | – | – | 100 | 10 |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | 2 000 | 7 000 | 1 550 | 5 425 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 315 000 | 535 500 | 301 000 | 391 300 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | 1 500 | 3 000 | 1 150 | 1 380 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 35 000 | 101 500 | 33 000 | 99 000 |
| Mpumalanga | 260 000 | 429 000 | 310 000 | 511 500 |
| Limpopo | 15 500 | 44 950 | 16 200 | 46 980 |
| Gauteng | 36 000 | 70 200 | 31 500 | 66 150 |
| North West / Noordwes | 40 000 | 78 000 | 36 000 | 48 600 |
| Total / Totaal | 705 000 | 1 269 150 | 730 500 | 1 170 345 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | – | – | – | – |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | 1 200 | 3 600 | 1 200 | 2 520 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 8 000 | 14 800 | 8 000 | 9 775 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | – | – | – | – |
| KwaZulu-Natal | – | – | – | – |
| Mpumalanga | – | – | – | – |
| Limpopo | 2 900 | 4 640 | 1 850 | 3 530 |
| Gauteng | – | – | – | – |
| North West / Noordwes | 25 400 | 33 020 | 9 000 | 3 575 |
| Total / Totaal | 37 500 | 56 060 | 20 050 | 19 400 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | 100 | 150 | 100 | 180 |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | 350 | 700 | 1 000 | 1 400 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 24 000 | 32 400 | 27 000 | 28 350 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | 200 | 300 | 400 | 720 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 2 900 | 3 770 | 3 500 | 4 025 |
| Mpumalanga | 6 600 | 8 910 | 7 500 | 6 750 |
| Limpopo | 8 400 | 16 800 | 7 800 | 12 480 |
| Gauteng | 600 | 780 | 1 500 | 1 950 |
| North West / Noordwes | 7 000 | 9 100 | 10 500 | 10 500 |
| Total / Totaal | 50 150 | 72 910 | 59 300 | 66 355 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | – | – | – | – |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | – | – | – | – |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 8 000 | 28 000 | 8 000 | 23 600 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | – | – | – | – |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 1 200 | 3 000 | 500 | 1 500 |
| Mpumalanga | 8 500 | 40 800 | 7 500 | 36 000 |
| Limpopo | 16 000 | 32 000 | 25 000 | 46 125 |
| Gauteng | 300 | 960 | 1 000 | 3 200 |
| North West / Noordwes | 8 500 | 28 050 | 8 500 | 16 575 |
| Total / Totaal | 42 500 | 132 810 | 50 500 | 127 000 |
Summer crops / Somergewasse
Revised area estimate and second production forecast (2020) Oppervlakte- en tweede produksieskatting
Summer field crops – 2020
Commercial maize: The size of the expected commercial maize crop has been set at 14,809 million tons, which is 1,71% or 249 190 tons more than the previous forecast of 14,560 million tons. The revised area estimate for maize is 2,611 million ha, while the expected yield is 5,67 t/ha.
The estimated maize crop is 31% bigger than the 2019 crop. The three main maize producing areas, namely the Free State, Mpumalanga and North West provinces are expected to produce 83% of the 2020 crop.
The revised area estimate for white maize is 1,616 million ha and for yellow maize the revised area estimate is 994 500 ha.
The production forecast of white maize is 8,523 million tons, which is 2,86% or 236 640 tons more than the 8,287 million tons of the previous forecast. The yield for white maize is 5,27 t/ha. In the case of yellow maize the production forecast is 6,286 million tons, which is 0,20% or 12 550 tons more than the 6,273 million tons of the previous forecast. The yield for yellow maize is 6,32 t/ha.
Please note that information from the objective yield survey by the ARC for the Mpumalanga province will be available in April 2020; and for the Free State and North West provinces in May 2020. The current yield figures are mainly obtained from producers in the different provinces.
Sunflower seed: The production forecast for sunflower seed is 731 210 tons, which is 4,59% or 32 080 tons more than the previous forecast of 699 130 tons. The area estimate for sunflower seed is 500 300 ha, while the expected yield is 1,46 t/ha.
Other crops
The production forecast for soybeans increased by 2,11% or 26 200 tons to 1,269 million tons. The estimated area planted to soybeans is 705 000 ha and the expected yield is 1,80 t/ha.
The expected groundnut crop has been set at 56 060 tons, which is 3,07% or 1 670 tons more than the previous forecast of 54 390 tons. For groundnuts, the area estimate is 37 500 ha, with an expected yield of 1,49 t/ha.
The production forecast for sorghum is 132 810 tons, which is 1,69% or 2 280 tons less than the 135 090 tons of the previous forecast. The revised area estimate for sorghum is 42 500 ha and the expected yield is 3,12 t/ha.
In the case of dry beans, the production forecast remained unchanged at 72 910 tons. The area estimate of dry beans is 50 150 ha, with an expected yield of 1,45 t/ha.
Please note that the third production forecast for summer field crops for 2020 will be released on 29 April 2020.
Information is available on the internet at:
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Somergewasse – 2020
Kommersiële mielies: Die grootte van die verwagte kommersiële mielie-oes is op 14,809 miljoen ton gestel, wat 1,71% of 249 190 ton meer is as die vorige skatting van 14,560 miljoen ton. Die hersiene skatting van die oppervlakte onder mielies is 2,611 miljoen ha, terwyl die verwagte opbrengs 5,67 t/ha is.
Die geskatte mielie-oes is 31% groter as die 2019-oes. Die drie belangrikste mielieproduserende gebiede, naamlik die Vrystaat, Mpumalanga en Noordwes provinsies, gaan na verwagting 83% van die 2020-oes produseer.
Die hersiene oppervlak onder witmielies is 1,616 miljoen ha en vir geelmielies is die oppervlak 994 500 ha.
Die produksieskatting van witmielies is 8,523 miljoen ton, 2,86% of 236 640 ton meer as die 8,287 miljoen ton van die vorige skatting. Die opbrengs van witmielies is 5,27 t/ha. In die geval van geelmielies is die produksieskatting 6,286 miljoen ton, wat 0,20% of 12 550 ton meer is as die 6,273 miljoen ton van die vorige skatting. Die opbrengs van geelmielies is 6,32 t/ha.
Neem kennis dat inligting van die objektiewe opbrengs-opname van die LNR vir die Mpumalanga provinsie, in April 2020 gerapporteer word en vir die Vrystaat en Noordwes provinsies in Mei 2020. Die huidige opbrengs syfers is hoofsaaklik verkry vanaf produsente in die verskillende provinsies.
Sonneblomsaad: Die produksieskatting vir sonneblomsaad is 731 210 ton, wat 4,59% of 32 080 ton meer is as die vorige skatting van 699 130 ton. Die oppervlakteskatting vir sonneblomsaad is 500 300 ha, terwyl die verwagte opbrengs 1,46 t/ha is.
Ander gewasse
Die produksieskatting van sojabone is verhoog met 2,11% of 26 200 ton na 1,269 miljoen ton. Die geskatte oppervlakte beplant van sojabone is 705 000 ha en die verwagte opbrengs is 1,80 t/ha.
Die verwagte grondbone-oes is op 56 060 ton gestel, wat 3,07% of 1 670 ton meer is as die vorige skatting van 54 390 ton. Vir grondbone is die oppervlakteskatting 37 500 ha, terwyl the verwagte opbrengs 1,49 t/ha is.
Die produksieskatting van sorghum is 132 810 ton, wat 1,69% of 2 280 ton minder is as die 135 090 ton van die vorige skatting. Die hersiene oppervlakteskatting vir sorghum is 42 500 ha, en die verwagte opbrengs is 3,12 t/ha.
In die geval van droëbone is die produksieskatting onveranderd gelaat op 72 910 ton. Die oppervlakte beplant met droëbone is 50 150 ha, en die verwagte opbrengs is 1,45 t/ha.
Neem asseblief kennis dat die derde produksieskatting vir somergewasse vir 2020, op 29 April 2020 vrygestel sal word.
Inligting is beskikbaar op die internet by:
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