UMnyango Wezolimo ulungiselele umbiko “Ngenqubekelaphambili kanye nemiphumela yokuqaliswa kokusetshenziswa kohlelo lukahulumeni lokuthuthukiswa kwezolimo ngo-2017.” Ngokusho komnyango, ngo-2018 isivuno sizoba ngaphansi: kokusanhlamvu ngo-15%, kuma-beet ashukela - ngo-24%.
Ngokulandelayo kulo mbiko, ngo-2018, abalimi bazovuna amathani ayizigidi ezingu-115 okusanhlamvu nezilimo eziyizigaxa kanye namathani ayizigidi ezingu-39,3 ka-sugar beet. Ingcwethi zinanzelela ukuthi umkhankaso wokuhlanyela lonyaka uyaphuza ngenxa yokugodola. UMnyango Wezolimo uphawula ukuthi isivuno singase sibe phezulu ngaphansi kwesimo sezulu esivumayo. Kubalulekile futhi ukuthi kulo nyaka indawo engaphansi kwe-sugar beet yehliswe ngamahektha ayizinkulungwane eziyi-100, yaba amahektha ayizigidi eziyi-1,1. Lokhu kungenxa yokukhiqiza ngokweqile ngonyaka odlule, lapho amanani akho kokubili ushukela nokusanhlamvu ehla kakhulu ngenxa yokugcwala kwezimakethe. Ukunciphisa indawo kuzosiza ukugwema ukuphindaphinda kwesimo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMnyango Wezolimo uphinde wabika idatha mayelana nesivuno esilindelekile semifino. Kulo nyaka, amazambane azovunwa ngo-0,5% kuphela (amathani ayizigidi ezingu-29,7), eminye imikhiqizo yemifino - 3,6% ngaphezulu (amathani ayizigidi ezingu-17).