South Africa’s 2025 maize harvest seen 26% higher than last year

30 Sep, 2025 1 mins read 131 views

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South Africa’s 2025 maize harvest seen 26% higher than last year

South African farmers are expected to harvest 26% more maize in the 2024/2025 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.

The CEC's eighth summer crop forecast estimated the 2025 maize harvest at 16.179 million metric tons, up from 12.85 million metric tons harvested the season earlier. The previous estimate, on August 27, had put the 2025 maize harvest at 15.802 million metric tons.

The harvest is expected to consist of 8.328 million tons of white maize, for human consumption, and 7.851 million tons of yellow maize, used mainly in animal feed.

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