# Column: Corn crop ratings tumble in southern Brazil after unusually dry stretch

> Reuters column reports that corn crop ratings fell in southern Brazil after an unusually dry stretch. Second-crop corn was planted at the slowest pace in at least a decade, and weather now threatens yield potential.

- Date: 2021-04-21 · published 2021-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47442-column-corn-crop-ratings-tumble-in-southern-brazil-after-unusually-dry-stretch
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Brazil supplies most of the world's corn exports in the mid-year window, so lower ratings tighten export availability and support corn and feed-grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-06-25 | [Crop Watch: Corn ratings slide after hot, dry week in the east](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13174-crop-watch-corn-ratings-slide-after-hot-dry-week-in-the-east.md) | -4.9% | -2.5% |
| CORN | 2019-09-12 | [Column: Brazil's upcoming soy, corn crops at risk amid historically dry weather \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56901-column-brazil-s-upcoming-soy-corn-crops-at-risk-amid-historically-dry-weather.md) | +4.8% | +9.0% |
| 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 | 2022-01-12 | [Brazil farmers struggle as drought batters southern soy crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13746-brazil-farmers-struggle-as-drought-batters-southern-soy-crop.md) | -2.6% | +3.6% |
| CORN | 2022-12-19 | [Drought hits Brazil corn in key southern state – StoneX](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13681-drought-hits-brazil-corn-in-key-southern-state-stonex.md) | +1.3% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2C810P/

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