The threat of a pre-planting drought is tightening the sentiment around the outlook for the next **Brazilian soybean crop**, with key producing regions recording a near-complete lack of rainfall in the final weeks before the start of the planting season. Data shows that major cities in the central states, including Luís Eduardo Magalhães in Bahia (part of the **Matopiba** frontier), Rio Verde in Goiás, and Sorriso in **Mato Grosso**, have recorded seven consecutive dry days with virtually zero accumulated precipitation over the past week (0.0mm in Bahia and Goiás, 0.9mm in Mato Grosso). This lack of moisture is raising concerns among analysts that planting for the 2026/27 season, which typically begins in September and October, could be delayed if the deep soil profile is not adequately replenished.