# Soil Moisture Running Short in Brazil

> Soil moisture across most Brazilian safrinha corn areas is severely short, with nearly no rain in the past 10 days in northern regions. Forecast models show little rainfall prospects for the coming week.

- Date: 2021-05-13 · published 2021-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46928-soil-moisture-running-short-in-brazil
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent dryness threatens yields in key Brazilian corn areas, supporting global corn prices and export demand for U.S. corn.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-04-29 | [Central Brazil Running Out of Soil Moisture Early](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13725-central-brazil-running-out-of-soil-moisture-early.md) | -7.1% | -3.2% |
| 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 | 2026-01-30 | [Soil Moisture Not Where It Needs to Be for Brazil's Coming Safrinha Corn Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13453-soil-moisture-not-where-it-needs-to-be-for-brazil-s-coming-safrinha-corn-crop.md) | +0.7% | +0.3% |
| 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 | 2025-09-10 | [Low Soil Moisture in Mato Grosso May Delay Start of Soy Planting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13476-low-soil-moisture-in-mato-grosso-may-delay-start-of-soy-planting.md) | +5.8% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/south-america-calling/blog-post/2021/05/13/soil-moisture-running-short-brazil

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