# Weather problems impacting the Americas | World Grain

> Dryness returned to Mato Grosso and Goias in mid-May 2022 during reproduction of the safrinha corn crop, with yields sliding lower. Topsoil moisture was rated very short in many areas, and only frontal systems could bring relief once the monsoon ended. Attention also shifted to North American weather concerns.

- Date: 2022-05-17 · published 2022-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13722-weather-problems-impacting-the-americas-world-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Yield losses in a large share of Brazil's second-crop corn tighten global feed grain supply and support corn and feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-04-20 | [El Niño could bring severe weather, impacting U.S. grain \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36315-el-nino-could-bring-severe-weather-impacting-u-s-grain-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.0% | -9.9% |
| CORN | 2024-09-20 | [Weather takes toll on EU grain crops \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28261-weather-takes-toll-on-eu-grain-crops-world-grain.md) | +0.0% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2019-09-30 | [Dryness impacting Argentine crops \| 2019-09-30  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56912-dryness-impacting-argentine-crops-2019-09-30-world-grain.md) | -0.9% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2025-09-01 | [South America may trend slightly drier \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22793-south-america-may-trend-slightly-drier-world-grain.md) | +0.3% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2021-04-24 | [Grain prices pushed higher as weather worries grow - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10294-grain-prices-pushed-higher-as-weather-worries-grow-farmers-weekly.md) | +13.6% | +6.9% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/16910-weather-problems-impacting-the-americas

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