# Lack of humidity makes crop development unfeasible - Revista Cultivar

> Forecasts show no rain for safrinha corn in Paraná, São Paulo and Minas Gerais over the next ten days. Harvest work in Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí, Bahia and Pará may be hurt, though losses are expected to be minor. Rio Grande do Sul harvesting may face temporary stoppages from unstable weather.

- Date: 2018-04-20 · published 2018-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65342-lack-of-humidity-makes-crop-development-unfeasible-revista-cultivar
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Dry weather in key corn states during the crop's critical stage can cut yields and quality, supporting Brazilian corn and soybean prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-08-24 | [Intense rain could impact crop development - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63379-intense-rain-could-impact-crop-development-revista-cultivar.md) | -0.9% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2021-09-27 | [Low humidity reduces the pace of soybean sowing in Brazil - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44916-low-humidity-reduces-the-pace-of-soybean-sowing-in-brazil-revista-cultivar.md) | +1.5% | +1.7% |
| 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 | 2021-04-06 | [Late sowing raises uncertainty scenario - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47448-late-sowing-raises-uncertainty-scenario-revista-cultivar.md) | +1.7% | +24.1% |
| CORN | 2018-07-12 | [Off-season corn suffers consequences of drought - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63881-off-season-corn-suffers-consequences-of-drought-revista-cultivar.md) | +2.9% | +12.0% |
| SOY | 2018-03-13 | [Rain favors development of 2nd harvest crops - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65843-rain-favors-development-of-2nd-harvest-crops-revista-cultivar.md) | -1.0% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2023-04-04 | [Rains favored the development of second crop corn, but caused delays in soybeans - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13650-rains-favored-the-development-of-second-crop-corn-but-caused-delays-in-soybeans.md) | -1.6% | -5.4% |
| SOY | 2022-10-23 | [Conab study analyzes the impact of rain on wheat crops - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13697-conab-study-analyzes-the-impact-of-rain-on-wheat-crops-revista-cultivar.md) | -0.6% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- revistacultivar.com: https://revistacultivar.com/index.php/news/Lack-of-humidity-makes-crop-development-unfeasible

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