# Early Safrinha Season Outlook in Brazil

> Brazil's main-season soybean planting started about two weeks late, and harvest delays are adding pressure on the safrinha window. Rainfall has been below normal across Mato Grosso, the largest safrinha producer, and the forecast for the first weeks of February is for below-normal rain.

- Date: 2021-01-28 · published 2021-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48973-early-safrinha-season-outlook-in-brazil
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A late, dry start to safrinha corn planting raises the risk of a shortened season and lower yields, which would tighten export supplies and support corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-04-18 | [Watching Safrinha Corn in Brazil with Wet Season Essentially Over](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13574-watching-safrinha-corn-in-brazil-with-wet-season-essentially-over.md) | -0.4% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2023-01-25 | [Brazil’s Safrinha Corn 1% Planted](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13671-brazil-s-safrinha-corn-1-planted.md) | -0.2% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2022-03-31 | [Long-Range Concerns for Safrinha Corn in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13732-long-range-concerns-for-safrinha-corn-in-brazil.md) | +4.1% | +5.9% |
| CORN | 2022-02-25 | [March Forecast Difficult for Safrinha Corn in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13739-march-forecast-difficult-for-safrinha-corn-in-brazil.md) | +6.6% | +10.3% |
| CORN | 2022-04-14 | [La Nina Ending Wet Season Early for Second Straight Year in Central Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41776-la-nina-ending-wet-season-early-for-second-straight-year-in-central-brazil.md) | +3.1% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2024-02-15 | [Rain Not Enough for Brazil's Safrinha Corn Crop Yet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13590-rain-not-enough-for-brazil-s-safrinha-corn-crop-yet.md) | -1.9% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2022-12-02 | [Argentine Exchange: Early Soy in Core Farm Belt Hit by Drought, Outlook Dry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13992-argentine-exchange-early-soy-in-core-farm-belt-hit-by-drought-outlook-dry.md) | +4.0% | +6.3% |
| SOY | 2022-02-04 | [Late-Winter and Early Growing Season Climatological Outlooks for 2022 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42620-late-winter-and-early-growing-season-climatological-outlooks-for-2022.md) | +1.9% | +8.5% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/south-america-calling/blog-post/2021/01/28/early-safrinha-season-outlook-brazil

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