Irregular weather reduces soybean planting pace and generates uncertainty about productivity

The pace of soybean planting for the 2025/26 season is below that recorded in the previous season. According to researchers at Cepea, this scenario is a reflection of the irregular distribution of rainfall across much of the national territory over the past three months. In the South of the country, excess moisture has still been limiting access to the crops. Meanwhile, in the Midwest and the Matopiba region, the uneven distribution of precipitation has resulted in insufficient moisture to advance fieldwork. Despite the recent increase in rainfall totals in the Midwest and the Matopiba and the reduction in rainfall volumes in the South – especially in Paraná –, Cepea contributors ...