Farming calendar, 2026 to 2029

Month by month from November 2026 to October 2029: what to sow, grow, harvest and scout for in six climate zones, three north of the equator and three south.

Sowing and harvest windows by zone

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Temperate north

Europe, North America, northern China, Korea and Japan, Central Asia. Cold winters and a frost-free summer: most field crops are sown in spring and harvested by autumn; winter cereals and rapeseed are sown in autumn.

Mediterranean and dry north

The Mediterranean basin, North Africa, the Middle East and West Asia, California. Mild wet winters and hot dry summers: rain-fed grains and pulses grow through the winter; summer crops need irrigation.

Tropical and monsoon north

South Asia, mainland Southeast Asia and southern China, West Africa and the Sahel, Central America and the Caribbean. A wet season from about June to October and a cooler dry season after it: rain-fed crops follow the rains, and a second, irrigated or residual-moisture crop follows in the cool months.

Temperate south

Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil, south-eastern Australia, New Zealand, the South African highveld. The northern calendar shifted by six months: spring sowing in September to December, winter cereals sown in May to July.

Mediterranean south

South-western and southern Australia, the Western Cape, central Chile. Winter rain from about May to October: grains, canola and pulses are sown on the autumn break and harvested in early summer.

Tropical south

Central and western Brazil, southern and south-eastern Africa, Madagascar, northern Australia, Java and the Lesser Sunda islands. A wet season from about November to March: the main crops are sown on the first rains, and in Brazil a second maize crop follows soybean.

Where these windows come from

• Crop calendars (World Agricultural Production), USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International Production Assessment Division
• FAO Crop Calendar, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• GEOGLAM Crop Monitor crop calendars, GEOGLAM / AMIS

Equatorial regions with two rainy seasons (for example the Lake Victoria basin, the Andes near the equator, Sumatra and Borneo) sow on each rain onset and do not follow one zone's calendar; the grow guides give the rule for each crop.

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