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South African farmers are expected to plant maize over an area 3% smaller than last year, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Thursday.
The CEC forecast a 6.3% drop in the area planted for white maize, and a 1.9% increase in the area planted for yellow maize. Overall farmers were expected to plant 2.544 million hectares of maize, down from 2.623 million hectares the previous year.
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