# Dry weather conditions and high temperatures likely to reduce harvests in Southern Africa

> FAO's GIEWS issued a Special Alert warning that poor rains and heat have caused water stress across Southern Africa, reducing 2018 cereal harvests. Regional maize output hit a record in 2017, and cereal stocks remain ample.

- Date: 2018-02-27 · published 2018-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Southern Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66421-dry-weather-conditions-and-high-temperatures-likely-to-reduce-harvests-in
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Southern African crop losses are regional and mainly affect food-security imports, so they have limited direct effect on world feed grain prices given ample stocks.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-04-24 | [Weather conditions harm soybean and corn harvests in several states - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13577-weather-conditions-harm-soybean-and-corn-harvests-in-several-states-revista.md) | -0.5% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2022-09-21 | [New data on soil conditions and temperatures indicates high variability during 2022 harvest - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13334-new-data-on-soil-conditions-and-temperatures-indicates-high-variability-during.md) | -3.6% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2023-11-13 | [Ongoing El Nino forecast to bring dry conditions in Southern Africa, SE Asia, Central America and wet conditions in Eastern Africa - Agroportal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33103-ongoing-el-nino-forecast-to-bring-dry-conditions-in-southern-africa-se-asia.md) | -0.5% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2023-06-22 | [Dry Weather and Crop Conditions in Illinois - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13272-dry-weather-and-crop-conditions-in-illinois-farmdoc.md) | -8.7% | -14.9% |
| CORN | 2021-12-24 | [Corn futures in Chicago close to six-month high amid weather threats in South America — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43622-corn-futures-in-chicago-close-to-six-month-high-amid-weather-threats-in-south.md) | -1.3% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- fao.sitefinity.cloud: https://fao.sitefinity.cloud/newsroom/detail/Dry-weather-conditions-and-high-temperatures-likely-to-reduce-harvests-in-Southern-Africa/en

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