# Zimbabwe set for bumper wheat harvest -  Bulawayo24 News

> Zimbabwe farmers had harvested about 108,569 hectares of the 130,316 hectares planted to winter wheat, producing roughly 570,000 tonnes. Authorities expect at least 600,000 tonnes and have urged harvest completion by November 6 before rains arrive.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-01T21:12:49.165Z
- Category: report · region Zimbabwe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71222-zimbabwe-set-for-bumper-wheat-harvest-bulawayo24-news
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Zimbabwe's wheat output is small in global terms, so the crop has negligible effect on world wheat prices. It mainly reduces the country's import needs.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-10 | [France: wheat acreage for the 2018 harvest almost](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65478-france-wheat-acreage-for-the-2018-harvest-almost.md) | +2.4% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-20 | [Harvest 2018: The wheat harvest in advance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63981-harvest-2018-the-wheat-harvest-in-advance.md) | +3.1% | +2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-11 | [COCERAL advanced the forecast for the wheat harvest in the EU and UK in 2026](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18757-coceral-advanced-the-forecast-for-the-wheat-harvest-in-the-eu-and-uk-in-2026.md) | +4.1% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-10 | [Harvest starts on potential 54.8m tonne winter crop for Australia - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45031-harvest-starts-on-potential-54-8m-tonne-winter-crop-for-australia-abc-news.md) | +3.6% | +5.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-10-19 | [Bumper grain harvest expected again this year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44501-bumper-grain-harvest-expected-again-this-year.md) | +0.7% | +9.2% |

## Sources

- bulawayo24.com: https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-267816.html

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