Area planted estimate and second production forecast for summer crops (2025)
Oppervlakte- en tweede produksieskatting vir somergewasse (2025)
Summer crops / Somergewasse
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | ||
| Ha | Tons | Tons | Ha | Tons | % | |
| (A) | (B) | (C) | (D) | (E) | (B) ÷ (C) | |
| Commercial / Kommersieël | ||||||
| White maize / Witmielies | 1 599 700 | 7 695 200 | 7 395 700 | 1 554 750 | 6 055 000 | 4.05 |
| Yellow maize / Geelmielies | 997 000 | 6 863 400 | 6 515 450 | 1 081 500 | 6 795 000 | 5.34 |
| Total Maize / Totale Mielies | 2 596 700 | 14 558 600 | 13 911 150 | 2 636 250 | 12 850 000 | 4.65 |
| Sunflower seed / Sonneblomsaad | 555 700 | 770 500 | 720 050 | 529 000 | 632 000 | 7.01 |
| Soybeans / Sojabone | 1 151 000 | 2 389 925 | 2 325 225 | 1 150 500 | 1 848 000 | 2.78 |
| Groundnuts / Grondbone | 48 125 | 66 929 | 65 359 | 41 200 | 52 000 | 2.40 |
| Sorghum | 41 150 | 137 435 | 129 620 | 42 100 | 98 000 | 6.03 |
| Dry beans / Droëbone | 45 620 | 79 007 | 75 966 | 39 550 | 50 495 | 4.00 |
| Total / Totaal | 4 438 295 | 18 002 396 | 17 227 370 | 4 438 600 | 15 530 495 | 4.50 |
Note: Estimate is for calendar year, for example production season 2024/2025 = 2025
Nota: Skatting is vir kalenderjaar, byvoorbeeld produksie-seisoen 2024/2025 = 2025
Production 2015-2025 Produksie
Production 2015-2025 Produksie
Production 2015-2025 Produksie
| Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | ||||||||
| 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 | Tons | Ha | Tons | ||||||||
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | |||||||||||
| 200 | 3 500 | 3 700 | 1 900 | 32 900 | 34 800 | 250 | 3 500 | 3 750 | 2 300 | 32 200 | 34 500 |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | |||||||||||
| 1 500 | 42 000 | 43 500 | 18 750 | 651 000 | 669 750 | 1 500 | 42 000 | 43 500 | 18 900 | 648 900 | 667 800 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | |||||||||||
| 850 000 | 345 000 | 1 195 000 | 3 995 000 | 1 983 750 | 5 978 750 | 835 000 | 415 000 | 1 250 000 | 3 385 000 | 1 992 000 | 5 377 000 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | |||||||||||
| 6 000 | 28 000 | 34 000 | 41 400 | 210 000 | 251 400 | 6 000 | 27 000 | 33 000 | 40 800 | 191 700 | 232 500 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | |||||||||||
| 50 000 | 66 000 | 116 000 | 305 000 | 561 000 | 866 000 | 47 000 | 67 000 | 114 000 | 286 700 | 576 200 | 862 900 |
| Mpumalanga | |||||||||||
| 162 000 | 362 000 | 524 000 | 1 004 400 | 2 461 600 | 3 466 000 | 160 000 | 360 000 | 520 000 | 984 000 | 2 490 000 | 3 474 000 |
| Limpopo | |||||||||||
| 10 000 | 18 500 | 28 500 | 69 000 | 149 850 | 218 850 | 11 000 | 15 000 | 26 000 | 74 800 | 120 000 | 194 800 |
| Gauteng | |||||||||||
| 55 000 | 57 000 | 112 000 | 330 000 | 393 300 | 723 300 | 54 000 | 62 000 | 116 000 | 292 500 | 415 500 | 708 000 |
| North West / Noordwes | |||||||||||
| 465 000 | 75 000 | 540 000 | 1 929 750 | 420 000 | 2 349 750 | 440 000 | 90 000 | 530 000 | 970 000 | 328 500 | 1 298 500 |
| Total / Totaal | |||||||||||
| 1 599 700 | 997 999 | 2 596 700 | 7 695 200 | 6 863 400 | 14 558 600 | 1 554 750 | 1 081 500 | 2 636 250 | 6 055 000 | 6 795 000 | 12 850 000 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | 1 000 | 2 400 | 2 000 | 4 600 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 264 500 | 396 750 | 255 000 | 354 000 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | 700 | 1 400 | 700 | 1 400 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 1 000 | 2 000 | 300 | 600 |
| Mpumalanga | 2 500 | 3 750 | 3 500 | 4 900 |
| Limpopo | 90 000 | 90 000 | 90 000 | 63 000 |
| Gauteng | 1 000 | 1 200 | 2 500 | 3 000 |
| North West / Noordwes | 195 000 | 273 000 | 175 000 | 200 500 |
| Total / Totaal | 555 700 | 770 500 | 529 000 | 632 000 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | 2 000 | 7 000 | 1 200 | 4 380 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 565 000 | 1 130 000 | 545 000 | 688 960 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | 5 500 | 15 675 | 5 300 | 14 310 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 47 000 | 176 250 | 47 000 | 173 900 |
| Mpumalanga | 315 000 | 614 250 | 320 000 | 624 000 |
| Limpopo | 16 500 | 51 150 | 21 000 | 72 450 |
| Gauteng | 52 000 | 114 400 | 56 000 | 84 000 |
| North West / Noordwes | 148 000 | 281 200 | 155 000 | 186 000 |
| Total / Totaal | 1 151 000 | 2 389 925 | 1 150 500 | 1 848 000 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | 3 100 | 8 525 | 4 200 | 8 610 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 21 700 | 31 465 | 17 000 | 26 305 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 175 | 236 | 300 | 495 |
| Mpumalanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Limpopo | 1 650 | 3 053 | 1 700 | 4 590 |
| Gauteng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North West / Noordwes | 21 500 | 23 650 | 18 000 | 12 000 |
| Total / Totaal | 48 125 | 66 929 | 41 200 | 52 000 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | 100 | 200 | 100 | 220 |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | 950 | 2 280 | 500 | 900 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 17 500 | 26 250 | 13 500 | 10 800 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | 200 | 440 | 200 | 440 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 3 000 | 4 500 | 2 100 | 2 730 |
| Mpumalanga | 2 320 | 4 292 | 2 600 | 4 680 |
| Limpopo | 11 100 | 24 420 | 12 200 | 23 790 |
| Gauteng | 950 | 1 425 | 850 | 935 |
| North West / Noordwes | 9 500 | 15 200 | 7 500 | 6 000 |
| Total / Totaal | 45 620 | 79 007 | 39 550 | 50 495 |
| Province / Provinsie | Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Second forecast Tweede skatting |
Area planted Oppervlakte beplant |
Final crop Finale oes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha | Tons | Ha | Tons | |
| 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Western Cape / Wes-Kaap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Cape / Noord-Kaap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Free State / Vrystaat | 12 800 | 44 800 | 11 500 | 19 740 |
| Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap | 200 | 600 | 100 | 300 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 100 | 380 | 100 | 350 |
| Mpumalanga | 9 200 | 45 080 | 8 300 | 36 520 |
| Limpopo | 13 000 | 28 600 | 18 000 | 35 100 |
| Gauteng | 850 | 2 975 | 100 | 390 |
| North West / Noordwes | 5 000 | 15 000 | 4 000 | 5 600 |
| Total / Totaal | 41 150 | 137 435 | 42 100 | 98 000 |
Summer crops / Somergewasse
Area estimate and second production forecast (2025) Oppervlakte- en tweede produksieskatting
Summer field crops – 2025
Commercial maize
The size of the expected commercial maize crop has been set at 14,559 million tons, which is 4,65% or 647 450 tons more than the previous forecast of 13,911 million tons. The area estimate for total maize is 2,597 million ha while the expected yield is 5,61 t/ha.
The estimated maize crop is 13,30% or 1,709 million tons larger than the 2024 crop. The three main maize producing areas, namely the Free State, Mpumalanga and North West provinces are expected to produce 81% of the 2025 crop.
The production forecast of white maize is 7,695 million tons, which is 4,05% or 299 500 tons more than the 7,396 million tons of the previous forecast. The area estimate for white maize is 1,600 million ha with an expected yield of 4,81 t/ha.
In the case of yellow maize, the production forecast is 6,863 million tons, which is 5,34% or 347 950 tons more than the 6,515 million tons of the previous forecast. The area estimate for yellow maize is 997 000 ha with an expected yield of 6,88 t/ha.
Please note that information from the objective yield survey by the NCSC for the Mpumalanga province will be available in April 2025; and for the Free State and North West provinces in May 2025. The current yield figures are mainly obtained from producers in the different provinces.
Other summer crops
Sunflower seed: The production forecast for sunflower seed is 770 500 tons, which is 7,01% or 50 450 tons more than the previous forecast of 720 050 tons. The area estimate for sunflower seed is 555 700 ha, while the expected yield is 1,39 t/ha.
Other crops
The production forecast for soybeans increased by 2,78% or 64 700 tons to 2,390 million tons. The estimated area planted to soybeans is 1,151 million ha, with an expected yield of 2,08 t/ha.
The expected groundnut crop has been set at 66 929 tons, which is 2,40% or 1 570 tons more than the previous forecast of 65 359 tons. For groundnuts, the area estimate is 48 125 ha, with an expected yield of 1,39 t/ha.
The production forecast for sorghum is 137 435 tons, which is 6,03% or 7 815 tons more than the 129 620 tons of the previous forecast. The area estimate for sorghum increased to 41 150 ha and the expected yield is 3,34 t/ha.
In the case of dry beans, the production forecast is 79 007 tons. The area estimate of dry beans is now 45 620 ha, with an expected yield of 1,73 t/ha.
Please note that the third production forecast for summer field crops for 2025 will be released on 30 April 2025. The intentions to plant winter cereals for 2025 will also be released on 30 April 2025.
Information is available online at the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development or SAGIS, as from 14:30 on the date of the relevant meeting of the Crop Estimates Committee.
Somergewasse – 2025
Kommersiële mielies
Die grootte van die verwagte kommersiële mielie-oes is op 14,559 miljoen ton gestel, wat 4,65% of 647 450 ton meer is as die vorige skatting van 13,911 miljoen ton. Die oppervlakteskatting vir totale mielies is 2,597 miljoen ha terwyl die verwagte opbrengs 5,61 t/ha is.
Die geskatte mielie-oes is 13,30% of 1,709 miljoen ton groter as die 2024-oes. Die drie belangrikste mielieproduserende gebiede, nl. die Vrystaat, Mpumalanga en Noordwes provinsies, gaan na verwagting 81% van die 2025-oes produseer.
Die produksieskatting van witmielies is 7,695 miljoen ton, wat 4,05% of 299 500 ton meer is as die 7,396 miljoen ton van die vorige skatting. Die oppervlakteskatting vir witmielies is 1,600 miljoen ha en die verwagte opbrengs is 4,81 t/ha.
In die geval van geelmielies is die produksieskatting 6,863 miljoen ton, wat 5,34% of 347 950 ton meer is as die 6,515 miljoen ton van die vorige skatting. Die oppervlakteskatting vir geelmielies is 997 000 ha en die opbrengs is 6,88 t/ha.
Neem kennis dat inligting van die objektiewe opbrengs-opname van die Konsortium vir die Mpumalanga provinsie, in April 2025 gerapporteer word en vir die Vrystaat en Noordwes provinsies in Mei 2025. Die huidige opbrengs syfers is hoofsaaklik verkry vanaf produsente in die verskillende provinsies.
Ander somergewasse
Sonneblomsaad: Die produksieskatting vir sonneblomsaad is 770 500 ton, wat 7,01% of 50 450 ton meer is as die vorige skatting van 720 050 ton. Die oppervlakteskatting vir sonneblomsaad is 555 700 ha, terwyl die verwagte opbrengs 1,39 t/ha is.
Ander gewasse
Die produksieskatting van sojabone is vermeerder met 2,78% of 64 700 ton na 2,390 miljoen ton. Die geskatte oppervlakte beplant van sojabone is 1,151 miljoen ha, met 'n verwagte opbrengs van 2,08 t/ha.
Die verwagte grondbone-oes is op 66 929 ton gestel, wat 2,40% of 1 570 ton meer is as die vorige skatting van 65 359 ton. Vir grondbone is die oppervlakteskatting 48 125 ha, terwyl the verwagte opbrengs 1,39 t/ha is.
Die produksieskatting van sorghum is 137 435 ton, wat 6,03% of 7 815 ton meer is as die 129 620 ton van die vorige skatting. Die oppervlakteskatting vir sorghum het toegeneem na 41 150 ha, en die verwagte opbrengs is 3,34 t/ha.
In die geval van droëbone is die produksieskatting 79 007 ton. Die oppervlakte beplant met droëbone is nou 45 620 ha, en die verwagte opbrengs is 1,73 t/ha.
Neem asseblief kennis dat die derde produksieskatting vir somergewasse vir 2025, op 30 April 2025 vrygestel sal word. Die voornemens om wintergewasse te plant vir 2025 sal ook op 30 April 2025 vrygestel word.
Inligting is beskikbaar aanlyn by die Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development of by SAGIS, vanaf 14:30 op die dag van die toepaslike vergadering van die Oesskattingskomitee.
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