# Off-season corn suffers consequences of drought - Revista Cultivar

> Brazil's safrinha (second-crop) corn harvest is progressing, and the April-May drought is now clearly reducing yields. Dry, cold weather has sped up harvesting of second-crop corn, cotton, coffee, sugar cane and citrus.

- Date: 2018-07-12 · published 2018-07-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63881-off-season-corn-suffers-consequences-of-drought-revista-cultivar
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Brazilian safrinha output tightens exportable corn supplies, which supports corn prices and the feed-grain complex.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-05-05 | [PR 2025/26 Harvest: Drought reduces the potential of second-crop corn - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13435-pr-2025-26-harvest-drought-reduces-the-potential-of-second-crop-corn-cultivar.md) | -0.3% | -2.7% |
| CORN | 2020-01-10 | [Despite the lack of rain, corn is harvested in RS - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54914-despite-the-lack-of-rain-corn-is-harvested-in-rs-revista-cultivar.md) | -1.0% | -0.7% |
| CORN | 2021-12-23 | [Corn begins to be harvested in RS - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13757-corn-begins-to-be-harvested-in-rs-revista-cultivar.md) | -0.7% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2022-09-26 | [Percent Drought in US Corn, Bean Areas Highest of Season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13333-percent-drought-in-us-corn-bean-areas-highest-of-season.md) | -1.4% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2024-04-24 | [Weather conditions harm soybean and corn harvests in several states - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13577-weather-conditions-harm-soybean-and-corn-harvests-in-several-states-revista.md) | -0.5% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- revistacultivar.com: https://revistacultivar.com/news/off-season-corn-suffers-consequences-of-drought

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