# Late sowing raises uncertainty scenario - Revista Cultivar

> Revista Cultivar reports that Brazil's safrinha corn sowing was almost entirely completed in March, with a small area still being planted in April. Producers in the Midwest face dry conditions, and planting in the south is exposed to frost risk.

- Date: 2021-04-06 · published 2021-04-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47448-late-sowing-raises-uncertainty-scenario-revista-cultivar
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Late planting raises the risk of drought and frost losses in Brazil's safrinha crop, which supports corn prices until yield prospects are clearer.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-09-27 | [Low humidity reduces the pace of soybean sowing in Brazil - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44916-low-humidity-reduces-the-pace-of-soybean-sowing-in-brazil-revista-cultivar.md) | +1.5% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2020-01-10 | [Despite the lack of rain, corn is harvested in RS - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54914-despite-the-lack-of-rain-corn-is-harvested-in-rs-revista-cultivar.md) | -1.0% | -0.7% |
| CORN | 2018-08-24 | [Intense rain could impact crop development - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63379-intense-rain-could-impact-crop-development-revista-cultivar.md) | -0.9% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2018-04-20 | [Lack of humidity makes crop development unfeasible - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65342-lack-of-humidity-makes-crop-development-unfeasible-revista-cultivar.md) | +0.5% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2017-10-30 | [Delay in soybean planting already compromises corn harvest in Goiás - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68305-delay-in-soybean-planting-already-compromises-corn-harvest-in-goias-revista.md) | -0.3% | -5.5% |

## Sources

- revistacultivar.com: https://revistacultivar.com/news/late-sowing-raises-uncertainty-scenario

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