# Super El Niño could hit southern Africa’s bean harvests hard – here’s how governments can protect farmers

> The headline warns that a strong El Niño could damage bean harvests in southern Africa and raises the question of how governments could protect farmers. No specific forecast, crop-loss estimate, or policy measure is provided in the text.

- Date: 2026-11-08 · published 2026-11-08T18:13:55.191Z
- Category: weather · region Southern Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/87794-super-el-nino-could-hit-southern-africa-s-bean-harvests-hard-here-s-how
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Weather-related losses could reduce regional bean supplies, but the text does not quantify the risk or identify a listed feed commodity with a clear price effect.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-09-13 | [El Niño weather events could improve cocoa farmers’ income](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62949-el-nino-weather-events-could-improve-cocoa-farmers-income.md) | +0.3% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2023-08-31 | [El Nino should benefit South American crops \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13634-el-nino-should-benefit-south-american-crops-the-western-producer.md) | +1.5% | -6.4% |
| CORN | 2018-09-22 | [El Niño Return Could Negatively Affect South Africa’s Summer Crops \| Wandile Sihlobo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62951-el-nino-return-could-negatively-affect-south-africa-s-summer-crops-wandile.md) | +0.7% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2021-04-29 | [El Niño can help predict cacao harvests](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47527-el-nino-can-help-predict-cacao-harvests.md) | +5.9% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2017-07-11 | [How Africa can prepare against the next El Niño and why - Sub-Saharan Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69879-how-africa-can-prepare-against-the-next-el-nino-and-why-sub-saharan-africa.md) | -4.3% | -4.6% |
| SOY | 2018-09-13 | [El Niño weather events could improve cocoa farmers’ income](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62949-el-nino-weather-events-could-improve-cocoa-farmers-income.md) | +0.1% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2023-08-31 | [El Nino should benefit South American crops \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13634-el-nino-should-benefit-south-american-crops-the-western-producer.md) | -2.6% | -5.8% |
| SOY | 2021-04-29 | [El Niño can help predict cacao harvests](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47527-el-nino-can-help-predict-cacao-harvests.md) | +1.6% | -3.5% |

## Sources

- africanfarming.com: https://www.africanfarming.com/2026/11/08/super-el-nino-hit-southern-africa-bean-harvests-governments-protect-farmers/

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