# Brazil's corn planting is not the slowest ever, but yield risks are elevated  | Reuters

> Brazil's corn planting is behind pace but not the slowest on record. Sowing of the safrinha crop has been pushed back, and the largest concern is Parana, where only 12% of corn was planted by Monday versus 28% a year earlier and a 23% average. Heavy rains were forecast to persist there.

- Date: 2023-02-15 · published 2023-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13663-brazil-s-corn-planting-is-not-the-slowest-ever-but-yield-risks-are-elevated
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Late planting raises the risk of yield losses from frost or dry weather later in the season, which tightens export supplies and supports corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-11-27 | [Brazil soy planting seen at slowest pace in eight years -AgRural – Reuters - AgRural](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13611-brazil-soy-planting-seen-at-slowest-pace-in-eight-years-agrural-reuters-agrural.md) | -0.8% | +0.4% |
| 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 | 2023-12-18 | [Brazilian farmers slow fertilizer buys as drought dampens corn-planting plans \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13602-brazilian-farmers-slow-fertilizer-buys-as-drought-dampens-corn-planting-plans.md) | -1.5% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2019-05-29 | [Weather contributes to record-slow corn planting - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58940-weather-contributes-to-record-slow-corn-planting-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.4% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2025-01-29 | [Brazil's slow corn planting may further squeeze tight world stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13518-brazil-s-slow-corn-planting-may-further-squeeze-tight-world-stocks.md) | +1.0% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/brazils-corn-planting-is-not-slowest-ever-yield-risks-are-elevated-2023-02-15/

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