# El Nino vs La Nina - an ill wind can bring positive results

> An explainer on El Niño and La Niña notes that Southern Africa tends to see drought in El Niño years and above-normal rain in La Niña years, while East Africa shows the reverse. It cites Tanzania's maize surplus in the last season, which filled Zimbabwe's shortfall.

- Date: 2020-03-08 · published 2020-03-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Southern Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54063-el-nino-vs-la-nina-an-ill-wind-can-bring-positive-results
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

The explainer offers background on regional rainfall patterns that shape East and Southern African maize supply and trade flows, but it reports no new price-moving event.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-07-17 | [La Nina Could be Positive for 2024/25 Growing Season in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13558-la-nina-could-be-positive-for-2024-25-growing-season-in-brazil.md) | +2.6% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2024-05-09 | [El Nino and La Nina \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30153-el-nino-and-la-nina-red-river-farm-network.md) | +2.7% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2020-02-10 | [La Nina to bring a weather reversal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54517-la-nina-to-bring-a-weather-reversal.md) | -1.6% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2024-04-11 | [This El Nino-to-La Nina Spring is Drier Compared With Analog Years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30649-this-el-nino-to-la-nina-spring-is-drier-compared-with-analog-years.md) | -0.4% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2017-11-17 | [La Nina and New Winter/Spring Outlooks \| Illinois State Climatologist \| Illinois State Water Survey \| Prairie Research Institute](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67915-la-nina-and-new-winter-spring-outlooks-illinois-state-climatologist-illinois.md) | +0.8% | +6.3% |
| SOY | 2024-07-17 | [La Nina Could be Positive for 2024/25 Growing Season in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13558-la-nina-could-be-positive-for-2024-25-growing-season-in-brazil.md) | +2.5% | -9.3% |
| SOY | 2024-05-09 | [El Nino and La Nina \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30153-el-nino-and-la-nina-red-river-farm-network.md) | +0.1% | -1.1% |
| SOY | 2020-02-10 | [La Nina to bring a weather reversal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54517-la-nina-to-bring-a-weather-reversal.md) | +1.3% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- agricultureportal.co.za: https://agricultureportal.co.za/index.php/farming-news/africa-world/4023-el-nino-vs-la-nina-an-ill-wind-can-bring-positive-results

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