# Brazilian Rainfall Patterns Boost Second-Crop Corn and Cotton While Challenging Soybean Harvest | Tridge Insights

> Rainfall is advancing across Brazil, supporting second-crop corn and cotton in Mato Grosso, Goiás and the Cerrado Mineiro with 30 to over 70 mm expected this week. Rain may slow soybean harvesting in Mato Grosso and the north, while Paraná, São Paulo and southern Mato Grosso do Sul stay dry and warm.

- Date: 2026-03-24 · published 2026-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13446-brazilian-rainfall-patterns-boost-second-crop-corn-and-cotton-while-challenging
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Adequate moisture for safrinha corn is mildly bearish for corn yield risk, while harvest delays in Mato Grosso could slow soybean and meal exports at the margin.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-06-21 | [Brazil’s second-crop corn harvest will be big](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70329-brazil-s-second-crop-corn-harvest-will-be-big.md) | -2.4% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2025-02-25 | [Brazil’s soybean harvest, safrinha corn-planting accelerate - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13513-brazil-s-soybean-harvest-safrinha-corn-planting-accelerate-grain-central.md) | -5.8% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2019-09-11 | [U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn ease on crop-boosting weather - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9148-u-s-grains-soybeans-corn-ease-on-crop-boosting-weather-agcanada.md) | +4.2% | +9.2% |
| CORN | 2026-08-31 | [Dry weather favors corn and cotton harvest in Brazil - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13423-dry-weather-favors-corn-and-cotton-harvest-in-brazil-cultivar-magazine.md) | -0.3% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2019-03-28 | [Good weather boosts Brazil's second corn crop - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59925-good-weather-boosts-brazil-s-second-corn-crop-datamarnews.md) | -2.6% | -4.6% |
| SOY | 2023-11-20 | [Brazilian soybean crop faces problems, and replanting could cut future corn area](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13613-brazilian-soybean-crop-faces-problems-and-replanting-could-cut-future-corn-area.md) | -0.8% | -1.0% |
| SOY | 2018-10-16 | [Excess rainfall mars harvest of large soybean, corn crops \| 2018-10-16  \| Food Business News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62378-excess-rainfall-mars-harvest-of-large-soybean-corn-crops-2018-10-16-food.md) | -3.7% | -2.2% |
| SOY | 2023-03-06 | [Brazil's Second Corn Crop Planting Continues to Trail Behind Average Pace](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13660-brazil-s-second-corn-crop-planting-continues-to-trail-behind-average-pace.md) | -1.1% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- insights.tridge.com: https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLJnPvhJ9bX415MjHoVJahGD

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