# South Africa Record Maize Harvest of 17.7 Million Tonnes Cushions Households as El Nino Begins – QNC News

> South Africa's Crop Estimates Committee put the 2025/26 maize crop at a record 17.7 million tonnes in its ninth estimate on October 27, up 1% on September and 6% year on year. Combined with about 2.4 million tonnes of opening stocks, supply comfortably exceeds annual consumption of 12.0 million tonnes, and white and yellow maize prices have eased from above R4,000 per tonne.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-02T06:10:51.280Z
- Category: report · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74962-south-africa-record-maize-harvest-of-17-7-million-tonnes-cushions-households-as
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A large domestic surplus weighs on South African maize and feed prices and adds to a softer regional feed-grain outlook, though the El Niño dry spell could tighten supply later in the season.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-06 | [In September, IBGE expects record harvest of 261.9 million tonnes for 2022 \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13692-in-september-ibge-expects-record-harvest-of-261-9-million-tonnes-for-2022-news.md) | +0.8% | +0.2% |
| 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 | 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 | 2019-03-12 | [Grain harvest should grow 1% and reach 228.8 million tonnes in 2019 \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59927-grain-harvest-should-grow-1-and-reach-228-8-million-tonnes-in-2019-news-agency.md) | +5.0% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2025-01-14 | [IBGE forecasts harvest of 322.6 million tonnes for 2025, a growth of 10.2% over 2024 \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13521-ibge-forecasts-harvest-of-322-6-million-tonnes-for-2025-a-growth-of-10-2-over.md) | +1.0% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- qncnews.com: https://qncnews.com/2026/11/01/south-africa-record-maize-harvest-of-17-7-million-tonnes-cushions-households-as-el-nino-begins/

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