Recent Heavy Rainfall Across Summer Grain Region Welcomed

The heavy rainfall across large parts of the western summer grain production region over the Easter period has been welcomed, although it is expected that this could result in further delays to the production season, which started late.

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Jannie de Villiers, CEO of Grain SA, said that taken at face value, the rain would definitely have a positive outcome for maize producers, particularly those who had planted late.

“The problem is there won’t really be enough heat units left to get the crop to produce a better yield [at this stage],” he said.

The rain had also come too late to bring relief to farmers whose crops had suffered irreparable damage in the first few months of the year before rainfall started in March.