South Africa’s 2026 maize harvest seen 3.6% higher than last year
South Africa’s 2025/26 maize harvest is forecast at 17.255 million tonnes, up 3.6% from the previous season and above May’s estimate. The crop is expected to include 9.283 million tonnes of white maize and 7.972 million tonnes of yellow maize.
South African farmers are expected to harvest 3.6% more maize in the 2025/2026 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Thursday.
The CEC’s fifth summer crop forecast estimated the 2026 maize harvest at 17.255 million metric tons, up from 16.65 million metric tons harvested the season before. The last estimate, on May 26, had put the 2026 harvest at 17.064 million metric tons.
The harvest is expected to consist of 9.283 million metric tons of white maize, for human consumption, and 7.972 million metric tons of yellow maize, used mainly in animal feed.
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Source : CNBC Africa
