# 2024/25 Brazil Soybean Planting Off to a Slow Start

> Brazil's 2024/25 soybean planting was 0.5% complete as of late September, behind last week and the 1.5% average. Dry conditions in central Brazil are slowing planting, and Mato Grosso planting is minimal. Safras & Mercado estimates the crop at 171.7 million tons with acreage rising 2.1%.

- Date: 2024-09-26 · published 2024-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13548-2024-25-brazil-soybean-planting-off-to-a-slow-start
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Slow planting raises weather risk for the crop, but soybeans can be planted into November without major yield loss, so the price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- 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 | 2023-10-23 | [Brazil Soybean Planting Slows as Dry Conditions Spread](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13619-brazil-soybean-planting-slows-as-dry-conditions-spread.md) | -0.4% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2025-11-27 | [La Niña slows soybean planting and narrows Brazil’s 2025/26 production outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13459-la-nina-slows-soybean-planting-and-narrows-brazil-s-2025-26-production-outlook.md) | -1.1% | -6.4% |
| 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 | 2023-11-20 | [2023/24 Brazil Soybeans 61% Planted, Slowed by Dry Conditions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13616-2023-24-brazil-soybeans-61-planted-slowed-by-dry-conditions.md) | -0.8% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/2024-25-brazil-soybean-planting-off-to-a-slow-start/

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