# Ample maize harvest cushions South African households as the El Niño begins

> South Africa's Crop Estimates Committee raised its 2025-26 maize estimate by 1% to 17.7 million tonnes, up 6% year on year and the largest on record. Maize prices have fallen from over R4,000 per tonne to about R3,700 for white and R3,800 for yellow, even as El Niño drought fears persist.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-02T00:13:39.890Z
- Category: report · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74363-ample-maize-harvest-cushions-south-african-households-as-the-el-nino-begins
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A record domestic harvest and about 2.4 million tonnes of opening stocks against 12.0 million tonnes of annual consumption keep regional maize supplies ample and cap prices, though prices are expected to firm as Southern African demand picks up.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-09-10 | [Argentina cuts soybean harvest outlook as corn margins improve
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13776-argentina-cuts-soybean-harvest-outlook-as-corn-margins-improve-the-pig-site.md) | +4.3% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2017-04-11 | [Brazil: CONAB forecast of soya bean and maize harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71352-brazil-conab-forecast-of-soya-bean-and-maize-harvest.md) | -1.1% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2016-11-11 | [Soybeans, corn down watching end of harvest, South America - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73884-soybeans-corn-down-watching-end-of-harvest-south-america-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.6% | -0.7% |
| CORN | 2019-11-26 | [North American Harvest Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55888-north-american-harvest-report.md) | +0.9% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2025-05-15 | [2025 GEOGLAM Crop Outlook: What to Expect for Wheat, Maize, and Soybeans — NASA Harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24596-2025-geoglam-crop-outlook-what-to-expect-for-wheat-maize-and-soybeans-nasa.md) | +4.4% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- wandile.substack.com: https://wandile.substack.com/p/ample-maize-harvest-cushions-south

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