Key agricultural regions across Brazil’s soybean belt have registered a seven-day dry spell, stoking early concerns about the pre-planting soil moisture profile for the upcoming 2026/27 crop cycle and potentially providing fresh support for global prices. Data confirms that major production hubs, including Sorriso (Mato Grosso), Rio Verde (Goiás), and Luís Eduardo Magalhães (Bahia), have received 0.0mm of rainfall over the past seven days, marking a full week of dry conditions in the Central-West and MATOPIBA regions. This persistent lack of moisture, typical for July but prolonged, poses a critical risk to the subsoil water reserves needed before farmers begin planting the new soybean crop, which typically commences in September and October.