# Zimbabwe's 2024/25 Cropping  Season: Targets, Preparatory Measures | Equity Axis

> Zimbabwe's 2024/25 cropping season has started at a measured pace, with a cereal target of 3.3 million tonnes against 2.2 million tonnes of need. The government owes over $300 million to agricultural suppliers, and delayed rains and weak irrigation threaten yields.

- Date: 2024-11-01 · published 2024-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Zimbabwe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27331-zimbabwe-s-2024-25-cropping-season-targets-preparatory-measures-equity-axis
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Input shortages and delayed rain could keep Zimbabwe reliant on imported maize and feed, a small but continuing source of import demand for corn and soymeal.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-04-15 | [Lessons from 2019 shape preparations for another wet planting season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53486-lessons-from-2019-shape-preparations-for-another-wet-planting-season.md) | -3.9% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2024-11-01 | [Zimbabwe - Food Security Outlook: Atypical countrywide Crisis (IPC Phase 3) until start of 2024/25 harvests, October 2024 - May 2025 - Zimbabwe \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27330-zimbabwe-food-security-outlook-atypical-countrywide-crisis-ipc-phase-3-until.md) | +2.5% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2019-03-01 | [Rain makes for tough Argentina crop season \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59943-rain-makes-for-tough-argentina-crop-season-farmtario.md) | -1.6% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2025-12-05 | [Dry Conditions Slow Crop Planting and Development in Rio Grande do Sul's 2025/26 Season \| Tridge Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13458-dry-conditions-slow-crop-planting-and-development-in-rio-grande-do-sul-s-2025.md) | -0.4% | -0.0% |
| CORN | 2024-04-01 | [March 2024 ENSO update: award season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31122-march-2024-enso-update-award-season.md) | -4.2% | -6.0% |
| SBM | 2022-04-05 | [FEATURE: 'Perfect storm' hampers Argentina's 2021-22 soybean crop start](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4032-feature-perfect-storm-hampers-argentina-s-2021-22-soybean-crop-start.md) | +0.5% | -4.7% |
| SBM | 2024-01-26 | [Drought, Disease, Pests Impacted the 2023 Soybean Growing Season - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13213-drought-disease-pests-impacted-the-2023-soybean-growing-season-proag.md) | +0.7% | -6.3% |
| SBM | 2022-10-28 | [Third straight drought is upending key Argentine planting season \| Buenos Aires Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14004-third-straight-drought-is-upending-key-argentine-planting-season-buenos-aires.md) | -0.2% | -2.9% |

## Sources

- equityaxis.net: https://equityaxis.net/post/18140/2024/11/zimbabwe-s-farming-season-targets-and-preparatory-measures

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