# Brazil’s Safrinha Corn Planting Slowed by Wet Weather

> Brazil's 2022/23 safrinha corn was 12% planted in late January compared with 24% a year earlier, according to AgRural, as wet weather slowed planting in central Brazil. Mato Grosso was 16.4% planted versus 42% last year and a 31.5% average.

- Date: 2023-02-09 · published 2023-02-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13670-brazil-s-safrinha-corn-planting-slowed-by-wet-weather
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Late planting could push more of the crop past the ideal window, raising frost and dry-season risks to yields and supporting corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2021-02-26 | [Brazil Soy Harvest Slowed by Delayed Planting and Wet Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48465-brazil-soy-harvest-slowed-by-delayed-planting-and-wet-weather.md) | -1.0% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2021-03-05 | [Wet Weather Delays Safrinha Corn Planting in Mato Grosso](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47963-wet-weather-delays-safrinha-corn-planting-in-mato-grosso.md) | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2024-05-10 | [Hot and Dry Weather Impacting Safrinha Corn in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13570-hot-and-dry-weather-impacting-safrinha-corn-in-brazil.md) | +2.4% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2024-03-18 | [2023/24 Brazil Safrinha Corn 93% Planted](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13582-2023-24-brazil-safrinha-corn-93-planted.md) | +0.4% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/brazils-safrinha-corn-planting-slowed-by-wet-weather/

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