Agriculture is recovering after a challenging midsummer drought that led to significant crop losses in the 2023/2024 season. Data from the Crop Estimates Committee, released at the end of March 2025, paints an encouraging picture of the new season’s summer crop production prospects.
The 2024/2025 summer grain and oilseeds production is forecast at 18Mt, up 5% from the previous month’s estimate and 16% of the prior season’s crop. This comprises maize, sunflower seed, soybeans, groundnuts, sorghum and dry beans.
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