"In a year of irregular weather, the soybean crop is at its limit and there is no room for error," says a soybean farmer from Mato Grosso.

The weather remains the main challenge in the final stretch of the 2025/26 soybean planting season in Mato Grosso. In the central-north of the state, irregular rains and prolonged drought have delayed sowing and are already causing losses felt by producers. The green that covers the state, a symbol of abundance in the countryside, this year gives way to a scenario of uncertainty. Between cloudy days and the scorching sun, the producer tries to keep up with the rhythm of the rains, which insist on not settling. In Ipiranga do Norte, the farmer Daniel Rizzi, who managed to cultivate 920 hectares of soybeans, observes with concern the development of the crop. “The rain started early, but we had big cuts in the middle. There were plots that went up to 20 days without rain. The plants suffered to germinate and to grow. We had a lot of loss and, along with the drought, came the caterpillars and other pests that proliferate quickly. In the end, all this results in a loss for the final ...