# Hot and Dry Weather Forecast for Central Brazil's Planting Season

> Brazil's National Weather Service (Inmet) forecasts hotter and drier than normal weather for August through October in the center-west and southeast. Central Brazil has been dry since early May, with frequent forest and grass fires and soil moisture below average. Southern Brazil is expected to see above-normal rainfall.

- Date: 2024-08-26 · published 2024-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13550-hot-and-dry-weather-forecast-for-central-brazil-s-planting-season
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Dry, hot conditions ahead of planting raise the risk of delayed or reduced first-crop corn and soybean planting in Brazil, which supports corn and soymeal prices. Wetter conditions in the south would ease those concerns there.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-05-10 | [Hot and Dry Weather Impacting Safrinha Corn in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13570-hot-and-dry-weather-impacting-safrinha-corn-in-brazil.md) | +2.4% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2019-12-10 | [Brazil's Planting Season Ends Dry, U.S. Corn Harvest Ending Cold](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55418-brazil-s-planting-season-ends-dry-u-s-corn-harvest-ending-cold.md) | +4.3% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2021-02-26 | [Brazil Soy Harvest Slowed by Delayed Planting and Wet Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48465-brazil-soy-harvest-slowed-by-delayed-planting-and-wet-weather.md) | -1.0% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2018-12-04 | [Wet Weather in Central Brazil a Cause for Concern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61504-wet-weather-in-central-brazil-a-cause-for-concern.md) | +0.5% | +2.6% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 2024-09-27 | [Wet Season Starting, But Very Slowly for Central Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13547-wet-season-starting-but-very-slowly-for-central-brazil.md) | +0.5% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2019-12-10 | [Brazil's Planting Season Ends Dry, U.S. Corn Harvest Ending Cold](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55418-brazil-s-planting-season-ends-dry-u-s-corn-harvest-ending-cold.md) | +2.8% | +4.6% |
| SOY | 2021-02-26 | [Brazil Soy Harvest Slowed by Delayed Planting and Wet Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48465-brazil-soy-harvest-slowed-by-delayed-planting-and-wet-weather.md) | +0.7% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- soybeansandcorn.com: https://www.soybeansandcorn.com/articles/10079/

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