# Acute dryness in Brazil's top soy state may disrupt planting

> Acute dryness in Mato Grosso, Brazil's top soybean state, may delay soybean planting. Dry Septembers there typically push back the harvest. That can extend the window for U.S. soybean exports past January.

- Date: 2024-09-05 · published 2024-09-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13544-acute-dryness-in-brazil-s-top-soy-state-may-disrupt-planting
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed Brazilian planting and harvest can keep U.S. soybeans in export demand longer, supporting soybean and soybean meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2017-09-25 | [Extreme dryness slows soybean planting in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68794-extreme-dryness-slows-soybean-planting-in-brazil.md) | -1.6% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2019-09-23 | [Dry weather may delay soy planting in Brazil - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56903-dry-weather-may-delay-soy-planting-in-brazil-datamarnews.md) | +0.0% | +5.8% |
| SOY | 2017-09-14 | [Brazil's New Soybean Planting Season Delayed by Dryness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68795-brazil-s-new-soybean-planting-season-delayed-by-dryness.md) | +1.8% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2024-09-26 | [2024/25 Brazil Soybean Planting Off to a Slow Start](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13548-2024-25-brazil-soybean-planting-off-to-a-slow-start.md) | +0.3% | -5.3% |
| SOY | 2018-12-19 | [Heat and Dryness in Southern Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61424-heat-and-dryness-in-southern-brazil.md) | -4.2% | +0.0% |
| SBM | 2017-09-25 | [Extreme dryness slows soybean planting in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68794-extreme-dryness-slows-soybean-planting-in-brazil.md) | -1.1% | +0.7% |
| SBM | 2017-09-14 | [Brazil's New Soybean Planting Season Delayed by Dryness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68795-brazil-s-new-soybean-planting-season-delayed-by-dryness.md) | +2.0% | +3.6% |
| SBM | 2018-12-19 | [Heat and Dryness in Southern Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61424-heat-and-dryness-in-southern-brazil.md) | -2.3% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/acute-dryness-brazils-top-soy-state-may-disrupt-planting-2024-09-05/

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