# Soybeans, corn down on rain in dry areas — Spot On Nebraska

> Soybeans and corn closed sharply lower on fund and technical selling and a weak close for the week. Traders focused on rain in the western Midwest and Plains.

- Date: 2021-08-20 · published 2021-08-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12609-soybeans-corn-down-on-rain-in-dry-areas-spot-on-nebraska
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Rain in drought-affected areas reduces yield risk, which removes the weather premium from corn and soybean prices and lowers feed input costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-12-13 | [Soybeans, corn down after rain in South America - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9262-soybeans-corn-down-after-rain-in-south-america-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.4% | +8.4% |
| SOY | 2022-01-14 | [Soybeans down on rain potential in South America - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7366-soybeans-down-on-rain-potential-in-south-america-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.6% | +15.9% |
| SOY | 2023-01-18 | [Rain potential in Argentina sends corn, soybeans lower - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10661-rain-potential-in-argentina-sends-corn-soybeans-lower-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.3% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2018-06-11 | [Rain in much of Midwest sends soybeans, corn lower - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8247-rain-in-much-of-midwest-sends-soybeans-corn-lower-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -6.6% | -12.1% |
| SOY | 2016-08-24 | [Soybeans, corn down on generally good crop weather - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10614-soybeans-corn-down-on-generally-good-crop-weather-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -6.6% | -5.7% |
| CORN | 2021-12-13 | [Soybeans, corn down after rain in South America - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9262-soybeans-corn-down-after-rain-in-south-america-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.1% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2023-01-18 | [Rain potential in Argentina sends corn, soybeans lower - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10661-rain-potential-in-argentina-sends-corn-soybeans-lower-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.7% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2018-06-11 | [Rain in much of Midwest sends soybeans, corn lower - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8247-rain-in-much-of-midwest-sends-soybeans-corn-lower-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.5% | -5.6% |

## Sources

- spotonnebraska.com: https://spotonnebraska.com/frontier-trails/987012/soybeans-corn-down-on-rain-in-dry.html

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