# Brazil's corn farmers face scarce rains, losses: weather forecasters

> Much of Brazil's center-south received below-average rain over the past 30 days, a critical period for the second corn crop, which makes up about three-quarters of the country's corn output. INTL FCStone cut its second-crop forecast 1.75% to 72.6 million tonnes because of the drought.

- Date: 2020-05-05 · published 2020-05-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52956-brazil-s-corn-farmers-face-scarce-rains-losses-weather-forecasters
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller Brazilian safrinha crop tightens export supplies during the period when Brazil typically competes most with US corn, supporting corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2021-04-07 | [BRAZIL CORN MARKET WATCH: Dry weather forecast intensifies corn yield concerns \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47443-brazil-corn-market-watch-dry-weather-forecast-intensifies-corn-yield-concerns-s.md) | +2.8% | +25.3% |
| CORN | 2022-03-24 | [Mixed Weather Conditions for Second-Crop Corn in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13733-mixed-weather-conditions-for-second-crop-corn-in-brazil.md) | +1.8% | +8.1% |
| CORN | 2025-01-14 | [Brazil’s corn crop forecast lowered to 122.3 mln tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13520-brazil-s-corn-crop-forecast-lowered-to-122-3-mln-tons.md) | +1.0% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2020-10-14 | [How Brazil’s weather woes could boost U.S. farm incomes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50485-how-brazil-s-weather-woes-could-boost-u-s-farm-incomes.md) | +2.8% | +6.2% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corn/brazils-corn-farmers-face-scarce-rains-losses-weather-forecasters-idUSKBN22H2XW/?il=0

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