Max Armstrong shares how the global picture for corn exports has changed with Brazil becoming a bigger player especially for that safrinha crop of corn. Max shares that in the state of Mato Grosso the crop was planted in the ideal window for great weather, which could reach 46 million tons. And weather in Parana may be a bigger challenge with a chance of cold weather, or dry ground hitting yields.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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