{"id":13144,"date":"2020-03-24T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T13:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=13144"},"modified":"2020-03-24T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T13:55:09","slug":"stats-sa-releases-census-of-commercial-agriculture-2017-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=13144","title":{"rendered":"Stats SA releases Census of Commercial Agriculture 2017 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stats SA releases Census of Commercial Agriculture 2017 Report <\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of farms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Statistics South Africa today released findings from the Census of Commercial Agriculture report,the report shows that a total number of farms\/ farming units involved in the commercial agriculture industry in 2017 was 40\u00a0122. The largest proportion of farms was in livestock farming\u00a0 (13\u00a0639 or 33,9% of the total), followed by mixed farming (12\u00a0458 or 31,1%) and field crops (8\u00a0559 or 21,3%).<\/p>\n

The province with the highest number of farms in 2017 was Free State (7\u00a0951 farms or 19,8% of the national total), followed by Western Cape (6\u00a0937 or 17,3%), North West (4\u00a0920 or 12,3%) and Northern Cape (4\u00a0829 or 12,0%). The provinces with the lowest number of farms in 2017 were Gauteng (2\u00a0291 or 5,7%), Mpumalanga (2\u00a0823 or 7,0%) and Limpopo (3\u00a0054 or 7,6%).<\/p>\n

Land use<\/strong><\/p>\n

On land use (as opposed to farm size), the survey show that In September 2018, the total land used for commercial agriculture was 46,4 million hectares, which represents 37,9% of the total land area of South Africa (122,5 million hectares). Commercial agricultural land comprised mainly grazing land (36,5 million hectares) and arable land (7,6 million hectares). Grazing land is used for livestock and game farming, and arable land is used for crop production.<\/p>\n

The Northern Cape province accounted for the largest share of the country\u2019s commercial agricultural land (37,1%), followed by Free State (16,4%), Eastern Cape (12,3%) and North West (11,5%). Gauteng (0,8%) and Limpopo (3,7%) recorded the smallest shares.<\/p>\n

Income<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the Census of Commercial Agriculture 2017 report, released by Statistics South Africa, the total income for the commercial agriculture industry in 2017 was R332,8 billion, which was\u00a0 higher than the R85,9 billion recorded for 2007. In 2017, the major contributor to total income was livestock farming (R120,8 billion or 36,2%), followed by mixed farming (R95,0 billion or 28,6%) and horticulture (R65,7 billion or 19,8%).<\/p>\n

The province contributing the most to total income in 2017 was Western Cape (R64,3 billion or 19,3%), followed by Free State (R46,9 billion or 14,1%), North West (R39,7 billion or 11,9%), Mpumalanga (R38,4 billion or 11,6%) and KwaZulu-Natal (R34,0 billion or 10,2%).<\/p>\n

Employment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Findings from the report shows that a total number of persons employed in commercial agriculture as on 30 June 2018 was 757\u00a0628, down from 769\u00a0594 in 28 February 2007 (\u20111,6%). In terms of employment, the major commercial agriculture activity in 2017 was horticulture (268\u00a0740 employees or 35,5% of the total), followed by mixed farming (185\u00a0863 or 24,5%) and farming of animals (162\u00a0116 or 21,4%).<\/p>\n

Western Cape was by far the largest provincial employer in 2018 (186\u00a0997 employees or 24,7% of the national total), followed by Limpopo (97\u00a0478 or 12,9%) and KwaZulu-Natal (96\u00a0206 or 12,7%). The provinces with the lowest number of commercial agriculture employees were Gauteng (36\u00a0517 or 4,8%) and North West (57\u00a0758 or 7,6%).<\/p>\n

In terms of area planted, the major field crops in both 2007 and 2017 were maize, soya beans, sunflower seeds, wheat and sugarcane. Between 2007 and 2017 the area planted increased in three cases, namely maize, soya beans and sunflower seeds. All major field crops were mostly planted under dry land, i.e. their main source of water was rain. In 2017 sunflower seeds had the highest proportion (99,2% of sunflower seeds) planted under dry land, followed by soya beans (93,7%), maize (89,4%), sugarcane (80,2%) and wheat (73,0%).<\/p>\n

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Issued by Statistics South Africa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For technical enquiries contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mr Joe de Beer<\/p>\n

Deputy Director-General: Economic Statistics<\/p>\n

Tel: 012 310 8024<\/p>\n

Cell: 082\u00a0888 2600<\/p>\n

Email: JoeDB@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mr Itani Magwaba<\/p>\n

Chief Director: Structural Industry Statistics<\/p>\n

Tel: 012 337 6254\/6471<\/p>\n

Email: ItaniM@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mr Tshepo Pekane<\/p>\n

Director: Data Analysis and Outputs<\/p>\n

Tel: 012\u00a0310 8191<\/p>\n

Email: TshepoP@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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For media enquires contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms. Felicia Sithole<\/p>\n

Tel:<\/strong> 012\u00a0339 2401<\/p>\n

Cell:<\/strong> 0764300693<\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong>\u00a0felicias@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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