# Flooding In Argentina May Delay Soy Crop Harvesting | Investing.com

> Storms and floods in western Argentina may delay the soybean harvest for 2016/17, with only 5.9 percent of planted area harvested so far. Soybean prices had fallen for five straight weeks. Chinese soybean import forecasts were raised to 86.55 million tonnes.

- Date: 2017-04-12 · published 2017-04-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Argentina · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71348-flooding-in-argentina-may-delay-soy-crop-harvesting-investing-com
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Harvest delays and higher Chinese import demand could tighten soybean and meal supply and support prices after a weak stretch. The article is a technical commentary, and the upside depends on weather deterioration and USDA revisions.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2017-01-04 | [Soybeans charge higher amid reports of flooding in Argentina](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73022-soybeans-charge-higher-amid-reports-of-flooding-in-argentina.md) | +1.9% | +5.1% |
| SOY | 2020-03-31 | [Ongoing drought in Brazil, Argentina threatens crucial crop harvests - UPI.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53981-ongoing-drought-in-brazil-argentina-threatens-crucial-crop-harvests-upi-com.md) | -3.0% | -6.4% |
| SOY | 2016-04-21 | [Soybeans Enter Bull Market After Floods Damage Argentina's Crop \| Investor's Business Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7718-soybeans-enter-bull-market-after-floods-damage-argentina-s-crop-investor-s.md) | +0.9% | +6.5% |
| SOY | 2025-05-23 | [Heavy Rains Cause Major Flooding in Key Argentine Soybean Region](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13860-heavy-rains-cause-major-flooding-in-key-argentine-soybean-region.md) | -2.4% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2025-01-08 | [Argentina's soy belt may be in for an alarmingly dry January](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13882-argentina-s-soy-belt-may-be-in-for-an-alarmingly-dry-january.md) | +5.1% | +6.5% |
| SBM | 2020-03-31 | [Ongoing drought in Brazil, Argentina threatens crucial crop harvests - UPI.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53981-ongoing-drought-in-brazil-argentina-threatens-crucial-crop-harvests-upi-com.md) | -8.8% | -13.4% |
| SBM | 2016-04-21 | [Soybeans Enter Bull Market After Floods Damage Argentina's Crop \| Investor's Business Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7718-soybeans-enter-bull-market-after-floods-damage-argentina-s-crop-investor-s.md) | +2.0% | +16.9% |
| SBM | 2025-05-23 | [Heavy Rains Cause Major Flooding in Key Argentine Soybean Region](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13860-heavy-rains-cause-major-flooding-in-key-argentine-soybean-region.md) | -0.3% | -4.4% |

## Sources

- investing.com: https://www.investing.com/analysis/technical-analysis-c-soybm-:-2017-04-12-200182434

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