# Brazil on drought alert, faces worst dry spell in 91 years

> Brazil faces its worst dry spell in 91 years, with rainfall shortfalls affecting grain, livestock and hydropower generation. Dry conditions also raise fire risk in the Amazon.

- Date: 2021-05-29 · published 2021-05-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46926-brazil-on-drought-alert-faces-worst-dry-spell-in-91-years
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Drought threatens Brazilian crops and livestock feed supplies, and could tighten corn and soymeal availability for export markets.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-06-09 | [Brazil Declares First Drought Alert in a Century: Weighs on Crop Production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46413-brazil-declares-first-drought-alert-in-a-century-weighs-on-crop-production.md) | -1.4% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2024-08-23 | [Drought reduces corn yields in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13551-drought-reduces-corn-yields-in-brazil.md) | +0.2% | +6.1% |
| CORN | 2018-05-02 | [Brazil drought hits second-corn, dry spell persists](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64859-brazil-drought-hits-second-corn-dry-spell-persists.md) | +1.4% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2023-05-30 | [Dry Weather Worries Corn Farmers in Southern Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13646-dry-weather-worries-corn-farmers-in-southern-brazil.md) | -3.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2023-02-17 | [Weather factors in South America: Drought in Argentina and excess rainfall in Brazil weigh on markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13669-weather-factors-in-south-america-drought-in-argentina-and-excess-rainfall-in.md) | -1.6% | -4.3% |
| SBM | 2025-01-08 | [Dry Spell Puts Southern Brazil Soy Farmers on Alert as Rains Pound Central Regions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13519-dry-spell-puts-southern-brazil-soy-farmers-on-alert-as-rains-pound-central.md) | +0.9% | +4.7% |
| SBM | 2025-09-15 | [La Niña looms over Brazil, raising fears of drought in the South](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13474-la-nina-looms-over-brazil-raising-fears-of-drought-in-the-south.md) | -1.4% | -6.1% |
| SBM | 2018-12-26 | [Brazil soy yields impacted by drought in key state, farmers say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61418-brazil-soy-yields-impacted-by-drought-in-key-state-farmers-say.md) | +1.1% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/brazil-drought-alert-country-faces-worst-dry-spell-91-years-2021-05-28/

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