# Another good wet agricultural season predicted for SA | OFM

> South African agribusiness economist Wandile Sihlobo expects another good wet season in 2020/21 after a strong 2019/20 harvest, which was the country's second-largest grain crop on record. He notes that rainfall timing has become harder to forecast.

- Date: 2020-07-28 · published 2020-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52039-another-good-wet-agricultural-season-predicted-for-sa-ofm
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A good South African harvest would ease regional maize import demand and add modest supply pressure on white and yellow corn in southern Africa, with little effect on global prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-02-08 | [Warmer, wetter weather ahead for growing season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13211-warmer-wetter-weather-ahead-for-growing-season.md) | -1.4% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2016-12-16 | [Indonesia: Grain and Feed Update \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73403-indonesia-grain-and-feed-update-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | -3.0% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2021-01-22 | [Agricultural ETFs Slump Amid Weather Changes \| ETF Trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8236-agricultural-etfs-slump-amid-weather-changes-etf-trends.md) | +3.6% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2024-06-13 | [La Nina Taking Longer to Develop, A Good Thing for US Agriculture?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29664-la-nina-taking-longer-to-develop-a-good-thing-for-us-agriculture.md) | -2.1% | -8.8% |
| CORN | 2017-04-10 | [Predictions of a mild, wet summer could mean higher yields for Missouri farmers \| STLPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71339-predictions-of-a-mild-wet-summer-could-mean-higher-yields-for-missouri-farmers.md) | +0.9% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- ofm.co.za: https://www.ofm.co.za/article/agri-hour/294140/-another-good-wet-agricultural-season-predicted-for-sa

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