# Wet Weather Slows Initial Soy Harvest in Brazil, 0.04% Harvested

> Brazil's soybean harvest reached only 0.04% nationally, behind last year's 0.2%, as wet weather slowed the start in central Brazil. Dry conditions in Rio Grande do Sul are adding moisture stress, and the national soybean estimate was held unchanged at a neutral bias.

- Date: 2023-01-13 · published 2023-01-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13676-wet-weather-slows-initial-soy-harvest-in-brazil-0-04-harvested
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Conflicting weather signals leave the Brazilian soybean production outlook uncertain, so price direction is unclear for now.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-01-19 | [Brazil Soybeans 0.6% Harvested, Wet Weather Slows Early Harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13673-brazil-soybeans-0-6-harvested-wet-weather-slows-early-harvest.md) | -1.4% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2018-01-26 | [Daily rains slow Brazil’s early bean harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66830-daily-rains-slow-brazil-s-early-bean-harvest.md) | -0.7% | +4.4% |
| SOY | 2017-04-25 | [First-crop harvest nearly complete in Brazil, progressing in Argentina thanks to dry weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71351-first-crop-harvest-nearly-complete-in-brazil-progressing-in-argentina-thanks-to.md) | -0.2% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2020-02-25 | [Dryness worsens in the South as Brazil’s soy harvest reaches 31% – Ohio Ag Net \| Ohio's Country Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54462-dryness-worsens-in-the-south-as-brazil-s-soy-harvest-reaches-31-ohio-ag-net.md) | +1.9% | +1.1% |
| SOY | 2019-04-23 | [Weather Favors Brazil Second-Crop Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59421-weather-favors-brazil-second-crop-corn.md) | -3.4% | -5.2% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/wet-weather-slows-initial-soy-harvest-in-brazil-0-04-harvested/

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