# El Niño Fuels Crop Issues In Brazil

> El Niño continued to bring exceptional heat and dryness to Brazil's Central-West region through mid-December 2023. Mato Grosso recorded its hottest and driest second week of December in more than 30 years. Southern Brazil received ample rain.

- Date: 2023-12-18 · published 2023-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13605-el-nino-fuels-crop-issues-in-brazil
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Heat and drought in the main producing region threaten soybean yields and delay second-crop corn planting. This supports soybean and corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-02-15 | [Rain Not Enough for Brazil's Safrinha Corn Crop Yet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13590-rain-not-enough-for-brazil-s-safrinha-corn-crop-yet.md) | -1.9% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2024-09-19 | [Brazil Crop Production Preview - Blue Line Futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13545-brazil-crop-production-preview-blue-line-futures.md) | +3.9% | -3.4% |
| SOY | 2026-10-14 | [El Niño and Brazil’s Second-Season Corn: Should We Be Concerned?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13413-el-nino-and-brazil-s-second-season-corn-should-we-be-concerned.md) | -2.3% | — |
| SOY | 2026-10-07 | [Dry spell in Brazil's soybean belt raises crop-stress risk — BRZ News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13415-dry-spell-in-brazil-s-soybean-belt-raises-crop-stress-risk-brz-news.md) | -1.5% | -5.2% |
| SOY | 2022-05-31 | [Drought devastates Brazilian crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13720-drought-devastates-brazilian-crop.md) | -1.9% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2024-02-15 | [Rain Not Enough for Brazil's Safrinha Corn Crop Yet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13590-rain-not-enough-for-brazil-s-safrinha-corn-crop-yet.md) | +0.3% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2022-03-24 | [Mixed Weather Conditions for Second-Crop Corn in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13733-mixed-weather-conditions-for-second-crop-corn-in-brazil.md) | +1.8% | +8.1% |
| CORN | 2024-09-19 | [Brazil Crop Production Preview - Blue Line Futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13545-brazil-crop-production-preview-blue-line-futures.md) | -0.7% | -2.4% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/el-nino-fuels-crop-issues-in-brazil-8417017

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