# Sri Lanka on La Niña watch with warning for 2025 Maha rice crop

> Sri Lanka's Meteorology Department warned that below-average rainfall from October could reduce the 2025 Maha rice crop if La Niña develops. La Niña usually brings weaker inter-monsoon rains, which cut reservoir levels needed for the main season harvest.

- Date: 2024-09-01 · published 2024-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Sri Lanka · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28681-sri-lanka-on-la-nina-watch-with-warning-for-2025-maha-rice-crop
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller Sri Lankan rice crop would have a limited effect on global rice prices, since Sri Lanka is a small producer and importer, so the impact is mainly local.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2018-11-21 | [Louisiana ratoon crop comes at a cost — rutted fields - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62122-louisiana-ratoon-crop-comes-at-a-cost-rutted-fields-rice-farming.md) | +0.8% | -2.0% |
| RICE | 2025-06-27 | [India's Rice Bins Are Stuffed And Another Record Crop Coming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24156-india-s-rice-bins-are-stuffed-and-another-record-crop-coming.md) | -3.3% | -3.3% |
| RICE | 2020-12-02 | [Rice crop improves in storm-ravaged year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49716-rice-crop-improves-in-storm-ravaged-year.md) | -1.6% | -2.6% |
| RICE | 2024-07-11 | [La Nina weather 70% likely to develop in Aug-Oct, says US forecaster \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4456-la-nina-weather-70-likely-to-develop-in-aug-oct-says-us-forecaster-reuters.md) | -16.1% | -11.9% |
| RICE | 2025-04-19 | [Record wheat, rice stocks as spells of rain shielded crops \| India News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25059-record-wheat-rice-stocks-as-spells-of-rain-shielded-crops-india-news.md) | -4.0% | -4.9% |

## Sources

- economynext.com: https://economynext.com/sri-lanka-on-la-nina-watch-with-warning-for-2025-maha-rice-crop-177328/

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