Wednesday, May 30, 2007

S.Africa's NWK sees frost cutting maize yield

(Reuters) - NWK Ltd, a grain co-operative in South Africa's key North West province, expects frost to cut the yield from late plantings to about 50 percent of maize planted earlier, an NWK official said on Wednesday.

The comments are likely to heighten concerns about South Africa's maize output this season after severe drought slashed production and pushed prices to record highs.


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