AGRICULTURAL NEWS - Many producers here were facing the prospect of not harvesting a crop at all this season, he said.
In addition, some would not even have sufficient stubble and residue for livestock and would need to start feeding their animals within a month, he said and added that no rain was anticipated for the region until April next year.
Theron’s comments follow the Crop Estimate’s Committee (CEC) release of its fourth winter cereals production estimate for 2017.
According to the report, the size of the expected commercial wheat crop had declined more than 4% from the previous estimate of 1,58 million tons.
