# South Africa’s maize harvest confirmed at a record 17.7 million tonnes

> South Africa’s 2025–26 maize crop estimate was raised 1% from September to a record 17.7 million tonnes, 6% above last year. The larger crop and opening stocks of about 2.4 million tonnes provide a supply buffer ahead of an El Niño that forecasters expect to bring hotter, drier conditions and raise drought risk for the crop now being planted.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-08T07:38:06.712Z
- Category: report · region South Africa · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/87262-south-africa-s-maize-harvest-confirmed-at-a-record-17-7-million-tonnes
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The record harvest increases near-term domestic availability and weighs on maize prices, while El Niño-related drought risk could tighten supply in the next season and support prices later.

## 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 | 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 | 2019-05-12 | [FAO: Record cereal harvests expected for South America in 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59012-fao-record-cereal-harvests-expected-for-south-america-in-2019.md) | +6.9% | +11.9% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- flash24.org: https://flash24.org/de/artikel/suedafrika-maisernte-rekord-17-7-millionen-tonnen/

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