engery saving soybean oil production line plant in south africa

   
engery saving soybean oil production line plant in south africa
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • engery saving soybean oil production line plant in south africa
  • Does South Africa still import soybean oil?
  • Despite the increasing levels of soybean production, South Africa still imports considerable volumes of soybean oilcake and oil, and there is still considerable scope for production increases in order to substitute these imports. In fact, South Africa¡¯s domestic soybean production is only a third of the country¡¯s crushing capacity.
  • Is South Africa closing the gap with surplus soybean production?
  • South Africa is slowly closing the gap with surplus soybean production, while expansion of local crushing capacity is currently enough to service the current and additional demand. Graph 1: South African soybean area planted, production, demand and yield.
  • How much soybean is produced in South Africa?
  • Soybean production in South Africa has increased over the last fifty years (Dlamini et al., 2014;Gasparri et al., 2016). In 1976, the area planted with soybean was approximately 22,000 ha with an average yield of 0.81 tons per hectare (t/ha) (Dlamini et al., 2014).
  • What is South Africa’s soybean production in 2022/23?
  • South Africa¡¯s soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2022/23 is estimated at a record 2.7 million metric tons (mmt), up 0.1 mmt (2 percent) from last month and up 0.5 mmt (23 percent) from last year. Area is estimated at a record 1.2 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, but up 0.5 mha (23 percent) from last year.