# Central Brazil Running Out of Soil Moisture Early

> Central Brazil has had almost no rain since mid-April, ending the wet season more than two weeks early. Soil moisture is being depleted before the dry season begins, and the safrinha corn crop depends on remaining moisture to finish grain fill.

- Date: 2022-04-29 · published 2022-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13725-central-brazil-running-out-of-soil-moisture-early
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Early moisture shortfall during grain fill threatens yields in the main safrinha belt, supporting corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-05-13 | [Soil Moisture Running Short in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46928-soil-moisture-running-short-in-brazil.md) | -7.7% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2024-01-22 | [Showers Returning to Central Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13598-showers-returning-to-central-brazil.md) | -0.1% | -7.1% |
| CORN | 2022-12-14 | [Conab Warns of Potential Moisture Deficits in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13680-conab-warns-of-potential-moisture-deficits-in-brazil.md) | +0.8% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2024-03-13 | [Soil Moisture Inadequate for Brazil's Safrinha Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13584-soil-moisture-inadequate-for-brazil-s-safrinha-corn.md) | +1.5% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2022-04-14 | [La Nina Ending Wet Season Early for Second Straight Year in Central Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41776-la-nina-ending-wet-season-early-for-second-straight-year-in-central-brazil.md) | +3.1% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/south-america-calling/blog-post/2022/04/29/central-brazil-running-soil-moisture

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