# Brazil kicks off second corn harvest ahead of historical average | Agrifish  | POST Online Media

> AgRural reports Brazil's 2016-17 second-crop corn harvest reached 2.6% of planted area, ahead of the 1.6% four-year average, helped by dry weather. The analyst estimates a total Brazilian corn crop of 97.8 million tonnes, up 47%, with exports from Brazilian ports expected to rise in July through September.

- Date: 2017-06-12 · published 2017-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70331-brazil-kicks-off-second-corn-harvest-ahead-of-historical-average-agrifish-post
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Early harvest progress and a large crop point to heavier Brazilian corn exports in the third quarter, which pressures world corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-06-21 | [Brazil’s second-crop corn harvest will be big](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70329-brazil-s-second-crop-corn-harvest-will-be-big.md) | -2.4% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2018-08-02 | [Brazil corn harvest to 50%; U.S. weather outlook - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63378-brazil-corn-harvest-to-50-u-s-weather-outlook-morning-ag-clips.md) | +9.3% | -3.4% |
| CORN | 2026-08-31 | [Dry weather favors corn and cotton harvest in Brazil - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13423-dry-weather-favors-corn-and-cotton-harvest-in-brazil-cultivar-magazine.md) | -0.3% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2025-02-25 | [Brazil’s soybean harvest, safrinha corn-planting accelerate - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13513-brazil-s-soybean-harvest-safrinha-corn-planting-accelerate-grain-central.md) | -5.8% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2026-03-24 | [Brazilian Rainfall Patterns Boost Second-Crop Corn and Cotton While Challenging Soybean Harvest \| Tridge Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13446-brazilian-rainfall-patterns-boost-second-crop-corn-and-cotton-while-challenging.md) | -0.8% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- poandpo.com: https://www.poandpo.com/agrifish/brazil-kicks-off-second-corn-harvest-ahead-of-historical-average-1262017947/

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