# Brazil allows farmers to sow new soy before fallow - Markets - Business Recorder

> Brazil's Agriculture Ministry approved 48 requests from Mato Grosso soy growers to plant before the September 15 fallow period ends. The Mato Grosso cotton producers' association requested the approvals, citing El Niño risks to rainfall.

- Date: 2023-09-02 · published 2023-09-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13624-brazil-allows-farmers-to-sow-new-soy-before-fallow-markets-business-recorder
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Earlier soybean planting could allow an earlier harvest and reduce risk to following corn and cotton crops, though the move is controversial and raises disease risk, so the net effect on prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-02-04 | [News Archives for Markets - 2021-02-04 - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9449-news-archives-for-markets-2021-02-04-business-recorder.md) | -1.3% | +3.2% |
| SOY | 2025-08-07 | [For Argentine farmers, Milei's free-market reforms fall short](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13842-for-argentine-farmers-milei-s-free-market-reforms-fall-short.md) | +6.4% | +5.3% |
| SOY | 2021-05-19 | [Soy traders failing to stop deforestation, new scorecard shows – Global Canopy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47109-soy-traders-failing-to-stop-deforestation-new-scorecard-shows-global-canopy.md) | -4.0% | -8.0% |
| SOY | 2024-04-09 | [Brazilian crushers buy back soybean oil export positions to sell domestically - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30815-brazilian-crushers-buy-back-soybean-oil-export-positions-to-sell-domestically.md) | -2.0% | +4.5% |
| SOY | 2019-08-05 | [Hoeven, FSA chief detail trade aid payouts as 'stopgap' for farmers - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57603-hoeven-fsa-chief-detail-trade-aid-payouts-as-stopgap-for-farmers-agweek-1.md) | +2.8% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2025-08-07 | [For Argentine farmers, Milei's free-market reforms fall short](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13842-for-argentine-farmers-milei-s-free-market-reforms-fall-short.md) | -1.1% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2017-05-21 | [NAFTA talks coming to the forefront - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70964-nafta-talks-coming-to-the-forefront-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news.md) | +1.0% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2026-05-05 | [EPA Sets Record Renewable Fuel Volumes for 2026-2027 \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15025-epa-sets-record-renewable-fuel-volumes-for-2026-2027-farm-bureau-intel-markets.md) | -0.3% | -2.7% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40261172

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