# Brazil traders, farmers nervous over persistent lack of rainfall | World-grain.com | September 28, 2017 14:29 | World Grain

> Brazil has gone weeks without meaningful rain, and farmers and traders are concerned about the 2017/18 crop year in the coffee, sugarcane, corn and soybean region. Forecasters expect showers to begin in late September and increase through October.

- Date: 2017-09-28 · published 2017-09-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68796-brazil-traders-farmers-nervous-over-persistent-lack-of-rainfall-world-grain-com
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent dryness raises the risk of delayed planting for Brazil's double-crop soybean and corn, which tightens expectations for export supplies and supports prices if rains stay late.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2017-12-18 | [Argentina’s farmers sweating out dryness \| World-grain.com \| December 18, 2017 14:10 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67322-argentina-s-farmers-sweating-out-dryness-world-grain-com-december-18-2017-14-10.md) | -1.8% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2024-02-08 | [Brazil farmer bankruptcy filings worry global grain traders \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13589-brazil-farmer-bankruptcy-filings-worry-global-grain-traders-reuters.md) | -1.6% | -2.7% |
| 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 | 2020-06-19 | [Grain Traders Monitoring Rainfall Across Corn Belt \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52460-grain-traders-monitoring-rainfall-across-corn-belt-red-river-farm-network.md) | -0.4% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2019-01-30 | [Brazil rainfall unusually light in January \| 2019-01-30  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60940-brazil-rainfall-unusually-light-in-january-2019-01-30-world-grain.md) | +0.1% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2017-12-18 | [Argentina’s farmers sweating out dryness \| World-grain.com \| December 18, 2017 14:10 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67322-argentina-s-farmers-sweating-out-dryness-world-grain-com-december-18-2017-14-10.md) | +0.8% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2024-02-08 | [Brazil farmer bankruptcy filings worry global grain traders \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13589-brazil-farmer-bankruptcy-filings-worry-global-grain-traders-reuters.md) | -1.4% | +1.6% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/8733-brazil-traders-farmers-nervous-over-persistent-lack-of-rainfall

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