# South Africa harvests record maize crop

> South Africa recorded a 17.7 million-tonne maize harvest for 2025/26, its largest on record, after the Crop Estimates Committee raised its forecast by 1% from September. The larger crop has eased supply concerns ahead of possible El Niño-related drought risk for the 2026/27 planting season, and white and yellow maize prices fell below levels seen a month earlier.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T07:39:31.804Z
- Category: report · region South Africa · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/89074-south-africa-harvests-record-maize-crop
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The record harvest boosts available domestic supply and has already pressured South African maize prices. It provides a buffer against potential weather-related production losses in the next season.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2025-07-03 | [Record harvest of safrinha corn in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13483-record-harvest-of-safrinha-corn-in-brazil.md) | -5.1% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2024-08-12 | [USDA Forecasts Record Soybean Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28713-usda-forecasts-record-soybean-crop.md) | -1.6% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2022-07-25 | [Brazil’s second corn crop 62pc harvested - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13707-brazil-s-second-corn-crop-62pc-harvested-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.8% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2025-09-29 | [Record Corn Crop Weighs on Prices Thru Harvest - ADM Investor Services](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22895-record-corn-crop-weighs-on-prices-thru-harvest-adm-investor-services.md) | -1.8% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- topagrar.com: https://www.topagrar.com/markt/news/sudafrika-hat-rekordmaisernte-eingefahren-20030939.html

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