# India Estimates Record Maize Crop, With 12.6 Million Tonnes Linked to Ethanol | EconoTimes

> India's agriculture ministry projected a record 2025-26 maize crop of 55.093 million tonnes in its third advance estimate, up from 43.409 million tonnes a year earlier. Government records also list about 12.6 million tonnes of maize for ethanol in each of two supply years.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-02T00:14:33.128Z
- Category: report · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74377-india-estimates-record-maize-crop-with-12-6-million-tonnes-linked-to-ethanol
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A large Indian maize supply could ease domestic feed-corn demand and cut import needs, a mild bearish signal for corn. Ethanol diversion and possible edible-oil import reliance could offset some of that effect.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-08-14 | [July estimate indicates a record crop of 340.5 million tonnes in 2025, an increase of 16.3%  \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13481-july-estimate-indicates-a-record-crop-of-340-5-million-tonnes-in-2025-an.md) | +1.1% | +4.8% |
| CORN | 2019-06-11 | [Second crop of corn expected to hit new record of 68.2 million tonnes \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58427-second-crop-of-corn-expected-to-hit-new-record-of-68-2-million-tonnes-news.md) | +6.2% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2025-07-10 | [June estimate points to record harvest of 333.3 million tonnes in 2025, rise of 13.9% \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13487-june-estimate-points-to-record-harvest-of-333-3-million-tonnes-in-2025-rise-of.md) | -1.0% | -3.0% |
| CORN | 2025-06-12 | [IBGE: in May, harvest estimate for 2025 is 332.6 million tonnes \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13492-ibge-in-may-harvest-estimate-for-2025-is-332-6-million-tonnes-news-agency.md) | +0.0% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 2023-09-13 | [France cuts wheat crop estimate, raises maize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34028-france-cuts-wheat-crop-estimate-raises-maize.md) | -7.1% | -5.9% |

## Sources

- econotimes.com: https://econotimes.com/India-Estimates-Record-Maize-Crop-With-12-6-Million-Tonnes-Linked-to-Ethanol-1767966

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