BRAZIL CROP WEATHER SUMMARY -- USDA/NOAA Wet weather covered Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in the week ended March 14, benefitting soybeans which are mostly setting to filling pods, the Joint Agricultural weather Facility of the U.S. Agriculture and Commerce Departments said. In its International Weather and Crop Summary, the agency said minimal precipitation covered soybean areas in Santa Catarina, Parana, and southern Matto Grosso do Sul. Adequate soil moisture in these areas met crop moisture demands, reducing the potential for crop stress, it said. The agency said February precipitation was above normal over most soybean areas of Brazil. Weekly temperatures were below normal, it said.