# BRAZIL SHOULD HAVE 2nd CORN CROP 21% HIGHER WITH PRODUCTIVITY GAINS – WILLIAMS SERVIÇOS MARÍTIMOS LTDA.

> Brazil's second-crop 2018/19 corn is forecast at 65.3 million tons, up about 21% from 53.9 million a year earlier, based on an average of nine consultant estimates. Higher planted area and better yield prospects, with Rabobank estimating 5.13 tons per hectare, drive the increase, and farmers planted early in a favorable window.

- Date: 2019-02-21 · published 2019-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60442-brazil-should-have-2nd-corn-crop-21-higher-with-productivity-gains-williams
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

A much larger Brazilian safrinha crop adds export supply that competes with US corn and pressures corn and DDGS prices for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-08-26 | [CORN HARVEST HAS ESTIMATED RECORD IN BRAZIL – WILLIAMS SERVIÇOS MARÍTIMOS LTDA.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51442-corn-harvest-has-estimated-record-in-brazil-williams-servicos-maritimos-ltda.md) | +1.5% | +7.0% |
| CORN | 2019-01-07 | [CENTER-WEST PREPARES TO EXPAND AREA OF SECOND CORN CROP – WILLIAMS SERVIÇOS MARÍTIMOS LTDA.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60942-center-west-prepares-to-expand-area-of-second-corn-crop-williams-servicos.md) | -0.7% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2022-06-01 | [SECOND CORN CROP FORECAST AT 16 MILLION TONS IN PARANA – WILLIAMS SERVIÇOS MARÍTIMOS LTDA.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13717-second-corn-crop-forecast-at-16-million-tons-in-parana-williams-servicos.md) | +2.3% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2021-06-30 | [ITAU BBA SAYS CORN ETHANOL HAS LIMITED PROFITABILITY FOR NOW – WILLIAMS SERVIÇOS MARÍTIMOS LTDA.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46554-itau-bba-says-corn-ethanol-has-limited-profitability-for-now-williams-servicos.md) | -0.4% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2018-10-10 | [Brazil corn production forecast higher \| 2018-10-10  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62372-brazil-corn-production-forecast-higher-2018-10-10-world-grain.md) | +4.0% | +4.0% |

## Sources

- williams.com.br: https://williams.com.br/brazil-should-have-2nd-corn-crop-21-higher-with-productivity-gains/

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