# Watching Safrinha Corn in Brazil with Wet Season Essentially Over

> Soil moisture in most of Brazil's safrinha corn areas was still 30-50% below normal in early April after the wet season ended early. Rain in Mato Grosso through Rio Grande do Sul exceeded 100 mm in some spots, while Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais stayed dry.

- Date: 2024-04-18 · published 2024-04-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13574-watching-safrinha-corn-in-brazil-with-wet-season-essentially-over
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Below-normal subsoil moisture raises the risk of yield losses in the second-crop corn that supplies much of Brazil's late-year exports, supporting corn and DDGS prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-01-28 | [Early Safrinha Season Outlook in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48973-early-safrinha-season-outlook-in-brazil.md) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| 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 | 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 | 2023-04-05 | [Pace of 2022/23 Safrinha Corn Planting in Brazil Varied by Region](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13651-pace-of-2022-23-safrinha-corn-planting-in-brazil-varied-by-region.md) | -0.1% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2022-03-31 | [Long-Range Concerns for Safrinha Corn in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13732-long-range-concerns-for-safrinha-corn-in-brazil.md) | +4.1% | +5.9% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/south-america-calling/blog-post/2024/04/18/watching-safrinha-corn-brazil-wet

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