# Brazil rainfall unusually light in January | 2019-01-30  | World Grain

> Rainfall in Brazil was well below average during January, with large areas from eastern Bolivia and northern Paraguay to Minas Gerais and Bahia receiving less than half of normal. Parts of northeastern Brazil and northern Mato Grosso do Sul received under 25% of normal. Concern is growing for early soybeans and planting of second-crop corn and cotton.

- Date: 2019-01-30 · published 2019-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60940-brazil-rainfall-unusually-light-in-january-2019-01-30-world-grain
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

One of the driest Januarys in recent memory raises the risk of lower soybean output and reduced second-crop corn, supporting feed grain and meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-02-26 | [Brazil may soon have rainfall concerns \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13514-brazil-may-soon-have-rainfall-concerns-world-grain.md) | -4.6% | -2.9% |
| SOY | 2023-11-27 | [Brazil crop weather in 2023 is challenging years like 2015
 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13615-brazil-crop-weather-in-2023-is-challenging-years-like-2015-world-grain.md) | -0.4% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2024-12-18 | [Heat, dryness expected in Brazil \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26868-heat-dryness-expected-in-brazil-world-grain.md) | -0.2% | +4.3% |
| SOY | 2018-12-26 | [Is dryness in Brazil’s crop country an omen? \| 2018-12-26  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61419-is-dryness-in-brazil-s-crop-country-an-omen-2018-12-26-world-grain.md) | +1.2% | +3.6% |
| SOY | 2017-09-28 | [Brazil traders, farmers nervous over persistent lack of rainfall \| World-grain.com \| September 28, 2017 14:29 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68796-brazil-traders-farmers-nervous-over-persistent-lack-of-rainfall-world-grain-com.md) | -0.8% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2025-02-26 | [Brazil may soon have rainfall concerns \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13514-brazil-may-soon-have-rainfall-concerns-world-grain.md) | -6.0% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2023-11-27 | [Brazil crop weather in 2023 is challenging years like 2015
 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13615-brazil-crop-weather-in-2023-is-challenging-years-like-2015-world-grain.md) | -0.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2021-05-26 | [Brazil corn facing uphill battle \| 2021-05-26  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46925-brazil-corn-facing-uphill-battle-2021-05-26-world-grain.md) | +8.1% | +6.4% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/11561-brazil-rainfall-unusually-light-in-january

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