# Dryness in US, Canada worth monitoring | World Grain

> Cold late autumn and early winter weather extended a late-summer dryness pattern across Canada and the United States. Drought or abnormal dryness persisted in the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest, and November through December did not bring much relief. Frozen ground in Canada limits moisture infiltration from snowmelt.

- Date: 2026-01-05 · published 2026-01-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13027-dryness-in-us-canada-worth-monitoring-world-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Dry soils going into winter raise concern about yields for the coming crop if spring rains fall short. This supports corn and wheat prices in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-09-05 | [Extreme heat, dryness strike US crops \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13251-extreme-heat-dryness-strike-us-crops-world-grain.md) | +0.9% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2024-12-18 | [Heat, dryness expected in Brazil \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26868-heat-dryness-expected-in-brazil-world-grain.md) | +0.4% | +5.2% |
| CORN | 2019-09-30 | [Dryness impacting Argentine crops \| 2019-09-30  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56912-dryness-impacting-argentine-crops-2019-09-30-world-grain.md) | -0.9% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2018-12-26 | [Is dryness in Brazil’s crop country an omen? \| 2018-12-26  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61419-is-dryness-in-brazil-s-crop-country-an-omen-2018-12-26-world-grain.md) | -0.3% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2018-05-22 | [U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Plains dryness, technical buying - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10917-u-s-grains-wheat-rallies-on-plains-dryness-technical-buying-agcanada.md) | +0.7% | -7.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-09-02 | [Dryness meets opportunity in US wheat country \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17527-dryness-meets-opportunity-in-us-wheat-country-world-grain.md) | -4.1% | -11.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-02-01 | [Dryness prevails in North America, western Asia \| 2021-02-01  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48537-dryness-prevails-in-north-america-western-asia-2021-02-01-world-grain.md) | -2.0% | -3.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-06-17 | [Dryness in Argentina, France adds to world wheat headaches - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40877-dryness-in-argentina-france-adds-to-world-wheat-headaches-grain-price-news.md) | -13.6% | -23.9% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/22250-dryness-in-us-canada-worth-monitoring

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