# Massive harvests of corn, soybeans pose storage problem in Brazil - CSMonitor.com

> Brazilian farmers are struggling to store record soybean and second-crop corn harvests, with some corn stored in piles on the ground exposed to the elements. Low prices and full warehouses are squeezing farm incomes and grain traders' margins.

- Date: 2017-08-17 · published 2017-08-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69286-massive-harvests-of-corn-soybeans-pose-storage-problem-in-brazil-csmonitor-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Storage shortages can force farmers to sell quickly at harvest, adding near-term export pressure and keeping Brazilian corn and soybean basis and prices weak.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-06-04 | [Brazil’s Soybean Harvest Nears Finish Line](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13566-brazil-s-soybean-harvest-nears-finish-line.md) | +5.9% | -3.3% |
| CORN | 2025-10-06 | [Business Insurance - Magazine - Record harvest, uneven exports poised to scramble grain storage and transportation logistics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22407-business-insurance-magazine-record-harvest-uneven-exports-poised-to-scramble.md) | -0.1% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2025-02-18 | [Corn, soybean barge basis firm as some rivers rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26233-corn-soybean-barge-basis-firm-as-some-rivers-rise.md) | -4.4% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2021-05-13 | [Corn Closes Limit Down, Soybeans Drop 58¢](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12367-corn-closes-limit-down-soybeans-drop-58.md) | -7.7% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2018-05-25 | [Contact Us - Sherbrooke Record - Record harvest, uneven exports poised to scramble grain storage and transportation logistics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64935-contact-us-sherbrooke-record-record-harvest-uneven-exports-poised-to-scramble.md) | -1.3% | -8.0% |
| SOY | 2019-07-18 | [Price of soybeans fall in Brazil due to freight - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58296-price-of-soybeans-fall-in-brazil-due-to-freight-datamarnews.md) | +1.0% | -2.4% |
| SOY | 2025-10-06 | [Business Insurance - Magazine - Record harvest, uneven exports poised to scramble grain storage and transportation logistics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22407-business-insurance-magazine-record-harvest-uneven-exports-poised-to-scramble.md) | -1.1% | +8.0% |
| SOY | 2025-10-07 | [US grain storage, logistics facing harvest complications \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16910-us-grain-storage-logistics-facing-harvest-complications-world-grain.md) | -1.0% | +10.0% |

## Sources

- csmonitor.com: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2017/0817/Massive-harvests-of-corn-soybeans-pose-storage-problem-in-Brazil

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