# Dry Conditions Slow Crop Planting and Development in Rio Grande do Sul's 2025/26 Season | Tridge Insights

> Rio Grande do Sul's 2025/26 summer crops face water deficits after a sharp drop in rainfall since mid-November, slowing sowing. Soybean planting reached 74%, corn 89%, and bean sowing 60%, with corn suffering water stress during flowering and grain filling. State soybean and corn cash prices rose modestly.

- Date: 2025-12-05 · published 2025-12-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13458-dry-conditions-slow-crop-planting-and-development-in-rio-grande-do-sul-s-2025
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Drought-related yield reductions in Rio Grande do Sul, a major soybean and corn producing state, tighten regional supply and support prices, though the state's share of national output limits the overall impact.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2022-12-26 | [Dry Conditions Slow Soybean Planting in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13684-dry-conditions-slow-soybean-planting-in-rio-grande-do-sul-brazil.md) | +0.6% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2023-03-08 | [Drought affects crops in Rio Grande do Sul](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13658-drought-affects-crops-in-rio-grande-do-sul.md) | -1.7% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2021-12-16 | [Featured \| Dry weather affects Rio Grande do Sul's crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13756-featured-dry-weather-affects-rio-grande-do-sul-s-crop.md) | +5.2% | +8.1% |
| SOY | 2021-04-08 | [Drought conditions top of mind as farmers ease into the planting season - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47441-drought-conditions-top-of-mind-as-farmers-ease-into-the-planting-season.md) | +0.1% | +12.3% |
| SOY | 2018-07-17 | [U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise on decline in crop conditions - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5848-u-s-grains-soy-corn-rise-on-decline-in-crop-conditions-grainews.md) | +2.2% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2023-03-08 | [Drought affects crops in Rio Grande do Sul](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13658-drought-affects-crops-in-rio-grande-do-sul.md) | -1.6% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2021-12-16 | [Featured \| Dry weather affects Rio Grande do Sul's crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13756-featured-dry-weather-affects-rio-grande-do-sul-s-crop.md) | -2.7% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2021-04-08 | [Drought conditions top of mind as farmers ease into the planting season - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47441-drought-conditions-top-of-mind-as-farmers-ease-into-the-planting-season.md) | +3.6% | +25.3% |

## Sources

- insights.tridge.com: https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLcDqtuSB1EPeXcXDVhcx3Mb

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