# Brazil's slow corn planting may further squeeze tight world stocks

> Untimely rains have delayed Mato Grosso's soybean harvest, which in turn delays corn planting. The corn yield window may now overlap with the onset of the dry season. Mato Grosso farmers typically have planted only about 11% of their corn crop by this point.

- Date: 2025-01-29 · published 2025-01-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13518-brazil-s-slow-corn-planting-may-further-squeeze-tight-world-stocks
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Late planting pushes corn yields into a riskier dry-season window, tightening world corn stocks that are already thin and supporting prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-02-09 | [Brazil’s Safrinha Corn Planting Slowed by Wet Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13670-brazil-s-safrinha-corn-planting-slowed-by-wet-weather.md) | -1.3% | -5.2% |
| CORN | 2023-02-15 | [Brazil's corn planting is not the slowest ever, but yield risks are elevated  \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13663-brazil-s-corn-planting-is-not-the-slowest-ever-but-yield-risks-are-elevated.md) | -0.3% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2022-09-23 | [Wet Weather Slows First Corn Planting in Parana, Brazil 23.09.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13702-wet-weather-slows-first-corn-planting-in-parana-brazil-23-09-2022-ukragroconsult.md) | -3.1% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-05-29 | [Weather contributes to record-slow corn planting - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58940-weather-contributes-to-record-slow-corn-planting-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.4% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2023-12-18 | [Brazilian farmers slow fertilizer buys as drought dampens corn-planting plans \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13602-brazilian-farmers-slow-fertilizer-buys-as-drought-dampens-corn-planting-plans.md) | -1.5% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/brazils-slow-corn-planting-may-further-squeeze-tight-world-stocks-braun-2025-01-29/

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