# Showers Returning to Central Brazil

> Central Brazil had one of its hottest and driest third weeks of January in 30 years, deepening the drought in key soybean areas. Forecasts call for a wet fourth week in Mato Grosso, which could slow soybean harvest and delay safrinha corn planting. Southern Brazil is forecast to turn drier.

- Date: 2024-01-22 · published 2024-01-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13598-showers-returning-to-central-brazil
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed safrinha planting raises the risk of a poor corn crop during the dry season, and continued soybean crop cuts support prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-02-05 | [Showers Could Slow Harvest in Central Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13591-showers-could-slow-harvest-in-central-brazil.md) | -4.6% | -6.1% |
| CORN | 2022-10-06 | [Is La Nina Returning to Southern Brazil?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13696-is-la-nina-returning-to-southern-brazil.md) | +0.8% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2022-04-29 | [Central Brazil Running Out of Soil Moisture Early](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13725-central-brazil-running-out-of-soil-moisture-early.md) | -7.1% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2025-03-20 | [Showers Coming for Brazil, But Still Below Normal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13507-showers-coming-for-brazil-but-still-below-normal.md) | -3.7% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2021-05-13 | [Soil Moisture Running Short in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46928-soil-moisture-running-short-in-brazil.md) | -7.7% | -2.2% |
| SOY | 2024-02-05 | [Showers Could Slow Harvest in Central Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13591-showers-could-slow-harvest-in-central-brazil.md) | -0.4% | -3.5% |
| SOY | 2022-10-06 | [Is La Nina Returning to Southern Brazil?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13696-is-la-nina-returning-to-southern-brazil.md) | +1.9% | +5.1% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/showers-returning-to-central-brazil-8546925

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