Production improving, but still not high enough
Despite improvements in production, the country will not be able to meet demand and imports could keep driving up food inflationThe recovery of SA’s 2018/19 domestic wheat production will lead to a decline in imports this season, the Agricultural Business Chamber says.
Wheat is the second-most important grain crop produced in SA after maize. But local production averages 2.3-million tons, far below the levels of consumption. To meet demand, SA imports on average more than 1-million tons of wheat annually. About 60% of the intended canola ha in the province have thus far been planted, and roughly 40% of the intended ha for wheat and barley plantings are completed.
“Fortunately, it might not take long before soil moisture improves, not only in the Southern Cape but across the Western Cape,” said Sihlobo.
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