# Spring rains provide planting window in South America - McKeany-Flavell

> Recent rains in parts of Argentina and Brazil allowed planting to pick up, though much of South America remains dry. As of Oct. 7, Argentina's early corn was 42% planted, 11 points below the five-year average. Brazil's soybean planting was under 4%, the slowest pace in ten years according to AgRural.

- Date: 2020-10-14 · published 2020-10-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50487-spring-rains-provide-planting-window-in-south-america-mckeany-flavell
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Slow planting raises the risk of replanting and could cut Brazil's 2020/21 safrinha corn output, which supports corn prices. The soybean planting delay is a supportive but less direct factor for soybean prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-09-30 | [Grain Belt & South America weather update - McKeany-Flavell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50961-grain-belt-and-south-america-weather-update-mckeany-flavell.md) | +1.5% | +11.3% |
| CORN | 2026-08-17 | [2026/27 Planting in South America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13421-2026-27-planting-in-south-america.md) | +2.3% | +7.7% |
| CORN | 2021-01-27 | [A wet start to South American soybean harvest - McKeany-Flavell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48977-a-wet-start-to-south-american-soybean-harvest-mckeany-flavell.md) | +1.9% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2022-09-30 | [Planting season underway in South America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13700-planting-season-underway-in-south-america.md) | +1.0% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2019-05-31 | [Corn futures market flexes amid wild planting season - McKeany-Flavell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59122-corn-futures-market-flexes-amid-wild-planting-season-mckeany-flavell.md) | -2.5% | +3.0% |
| SOY | 2020-09-30 | [Grain Belt & South America weather update - McKeany-Flavell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50961-grain-belt-and-south-america-weather-update-mckeany-flavell.md) | +5.1% | +9.0% |
| SOY | 2021-01-27 | [A wet start to South American soybean harvest - McKeany-Flavell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48977-a-wet-start-to-south-american-soybean-harvest-mckeany-flavell.md) | -1.1% | +3.9% |
| SOY | 2022-09-30 | [Planting season underway in South America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13700-planting-season-underway-in-south-america.md) | -3.7% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- mckeany-flavell.com: https://www.mckeany-flavell.com/spring-rains-provide-planting-window-in-south-america-10-14-20/

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