# Strong soybean crop performance raises grain harvest projection

> CONAB raised its 2025/26 Brazil grain production estimate to a record 356.3 million tonnes, 0.8% above its March projection. The soybean estimate was lifted to a record 179.2 million tonnes, and the yield estimate was adjusted up slightly.

- Date: 2026-04-15 · published 2026-04-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13441-strong-soybean-crop-performance-raises-grain-harvest-projection
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A record Brazilian soybean and grain crop expands export supplies, which is bearish for soybeans and soybean meal prices and adds competition for corn exports.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2026-06-11 | [Argentina grain exchange raises soybean crop forecast as harvest progresses](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13793-argentina-grain-exchange-raises-soybean-crop-forecast-as-harvest-progresses.md) | +0.8% | +6.5% |
| SOY | 2018-08-10 | [Soybeans, Grains Plunge After USDA Raises Production Forecasts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63478-soybeans-grains-plunge-after-usda-raises-production-forecasts.md) | -0.3% | -6.3% |
| SOY | 2017-04-11 | [Global Soybean Production, Ending Stocks Raised](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71445-global-soybean-production-ending-stocks-raised.md) | +0.5% | +2.5% |
| SOY | 2025-07-11 | [Brazil raises forecast for record grain harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13484-brazil-raises-forecast-for-record-grain-harvest.md) | +0.9% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2024-11-13 | [China’s soybean production, imports steady \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27390-china-s-soybean-production-imports-steady-world-grain.md) | -0.5% | -0.8% |
| SBM | 2026-06-11 | [Argentina grain exchange raises soybean crop forecast as harvest progresses](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13793-argentina-grain-exchange-raises-soybean-crop-forecast-as-harvest-progresses.md) | +0.1% | +4.5% |
| SBM | 2018-08-10 | [Soybeans, Grains Plunge After USDA Raises Production Forecasts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63478-soybeans-grains-plunge-after-usda-raises-production-forecasts.md) | +0.2% | -5.9% |
| SBM | 2017-04-11 | [Global Soybean Production, Ending Stocks Raised](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71445-global-soybean-production-ending-stocks-raised.md) | +1.0% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- valorinternational.globo.com: https://valorinternational.globo.com/agribusiness/news/2026/04/15/strong-soybean-crop-performance-raises-grain-harvest-projection.ghtml

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