# RS 2025/26 Harvest: Dry weather raises concerns about soybeans - Cultivar Magazine

> Emater/RS reports that Rio Grande do Sul soybeans, now 98% planted, retain high yield potential but show early water stress in shallow or sandy soils during flowering and pod fill. The report says productive potential depends on regular rainfall and notes corn harvest yields are variable.

- Date: 2026-01-29 · published 2026-01-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13454-rs-2025-26-harvest-dry-weather-raises-concerns-about-soybeans-cultivar-magazine
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Dry conditions in Rio Grande do Sul, a major Brazilian soybean state, raise the risk of lower soybean and soybean meal output, which could support soymeal prices if the dryness persists.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-02-14 | [MS 2024/25 Harvest: soybean harvest progresses, but drought is a concern - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13517-ms-2024-25-harvest-soybean-harvest-progresses-but-drought-is-a-concern-cultivar.md) | +0.9% | -3.0% |
| SOY | 2025-05-08 | [RS 2024/25 Harvest: soybean harvest progresses, but losses in the field are a concern - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13496-rs-2024-25-harvest-soybean-harvest-progresses-but-losses-in-the-field-are-a.md) | +3.5% | +2.1% |
| SOY | 2025-11-07 | [Lack of rain in Mato Grosso threatens the 2025/26 harvest - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13462-lack-of-rain-in-mato-grosso-threatens-the-2025-26-harvest-cultivar-magazine.md) | +3.7% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2024-04-24 | [Weather conditions harm soybean and corn harvests in several states - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13577-weather-conditions-harm-soybean-and-corn-harvests-in-several-states-revista.md) | -1.9% | +5.9% |
| SOY | 2019-04-01 | [Soybean harvest 2018-2019 – to be forgotten or to learn from it? - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59422-soybean-harvest-2018-2019-to-be-forgotten-or-to-learn-from-it-cultivar-magazine.md) | +1.7% | -4.2% |
| SBM | 2025-02-14 | [MS 2024/25 Harvest: soybean harvest progresses, but drought is a concern - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13517-ms-2024-25-harvest-soybean-harvest-progresses-but-drought-is-a-concern-cultivar.md) | +0.9% | +2.2% |
| SBM | 2025-05-08 | [RS 2024/25 Harvest: soybean harvest progresses, but losses in the field are a concern - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13496-rs-2024-25-harvest-soybean-harvest-progresses-but-losses-in-the-field-are-a.md) | -0.7% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 2019-04-01 | [Soybean harvest 2018-2019 – to be forgotten or to learn from it? - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59422-soybean-harvest-2018-2019-to-be-forgotten-or-to-learn-from-it-cultivar-magazine.md) | +0.5% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- revistacultivar.com: https://revistacultivar.com/news/2025-harvest-season%3A-Dry-weather-increases-attention-for-soybeans.

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