Dry Weather Expected to Delay Brazil Soy Plantings A year ago, an early start to the rainy season in Brazil allowed earlier than normal plantings of soybeans in Parana and states in the Center West. That, in turn, allowed for an early harvest and earlier plantings of corn in the dry season. This year the situation is much different. It has been very dry across much of Brazil this year. That has contributed to the increase in fires across the Amazon region and the Cerrados region. Last year 9 percent of the soybeans had been planted in Parana on 17 September. This year plantings were much less because it is too dry to plant. However, forecasts call for a pickup in rainfall in southern Brazil in the next week or so, but the dryness is expec...

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