# Soil Moisture Inadequate for Brazil's Safrinha Corn

> Subsoil moisture in central Brazil remained well below normal because rainfall was about half of normal over recent weeks. The safrinha corn crop germinated in mostly good condition, but farmers have only about six weeks of rainy season left. Rains typically taper from early April.

- Date: 2024-03-13 · published 2024-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13584-soil-moisture-inadequate-for-brazil-s-safrinha-corn
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Insufficient subsoil moisture heading into the fill stage raises the risk of reduced corn yields, which would support Brazilian and world corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-01-30 | [Soil Moisture Not Where It Needs to Be for Brazil's Coming Safrinha Corn Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13453-soil-moisture-not-where-it-needs-to-be-for-brazil-s-coming-safrinha-corn-crop.md) | +0.7% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2023-05-24 | [Late Planted Safrinha Corn in Brazil in need of Additional Moisture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13645-late-planted-safrinha-corn-in-brazil-in-need-of-additional-moisture.md) | -3.4% | -0.1% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2022-02-25 | [March Forecast Difficult for Safrinha Corn in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13739-march-forecast-difficult-for-safrinha-corn-in-brazil.md) | +6.6% | +10.3% |
| CORN | 2023-01-25 | [Brazil’s Safrinha Corn 1% Planted](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13671-brazil-s-safrinha-corn-1-planted.md) | -0.2% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/AG/blogs/south-america-calling/blog-post/2024/03/13/soil-moisture-inadequate-brazils

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