# Brazil Declares First Drought Alert in a Century: Weighs on Crop Production

> Brazil's government has declared the drought the worst in nearly a century. Gro's corn yield model projects sharply lower year-over-year corn production even though planted area has increased.

- Date: 2021-06-09 · published 2021-06-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46413-brazil-declares-first-drought-alert-in-a-century-weighs-on-crop-production
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp fall in Brazilian corn output shrinks the export supply that feed buyers rely on and supports corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-05-29 | [Brazil on drought alert, faces worst dry spell in 91 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46926-brazil-on-drought-alert-faces-worst-dry-spell-in-91-years.md) | +2.3% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2024-09-19 | [Brazil Crop Production Preview - Blue Line Futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13545-brazil-crop-production-preview-blue-line-futures.md) | -0.7% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2022-05-31 | [Drought devastates Brazilian crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13720-drought-devastates-brazilian-crop.md) | -0.8% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2018-05-14 | [Drought damages big portion of corn in Brazil's Mato Grosso](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64860-drought-damages-big-portion-of-corn-in-brazil-s-mato-grosso.md) | +1.7% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2023-01-10 | [Drought in Southern Brazil while Excess Wetness in Central Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13675-drought-in-southern-brazil-while-excess-wetness-in-central-brazil.md) | +1.9% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- gro-intelligence.com: https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/brazil-declares-first-drought-alert-in-a-century-weighs-on-crop-production

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