# Dryness, disease pressure impacting early harvest yield reports - Brownfield Ag News

> Early harvest reports from Illinois, Indiana and Kansas show variable yields from drought and disease. Southern rust pressure limited top-end corn yields, and soybeans were harvested at low moisture after a dry spell.

- Date: 2025-10-02 · published 2025-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13050-dryness-disease-pressure-impacting-early-harvest-yield-reports-brownfield-ag
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Yield losses from drought and disease reduce available supply and support prices for corn and soybeans.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-08-24 | [Central Iowa farmer says late season dryness and heat is robbing yield - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45412-central-iowa-farmer-says-late-season-dryness-and-heat-is-robbing-yield.md) | -0.4% | -10.1% |
| CORN | 2019-07-26 | [Dryness expands across parts of the Corn Belt - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57921-dryness-expands-across-parts-of-the-corn-belt-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.2% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2017-11-17 | [Weather system shifts impact crop yield - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67837-weather-system-shifts-impact-crop-yield-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.8% | +6.3% |
| CORN | 2023-12-19 | [Dry conditions to return to Brazil, crop impact unclear - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13606-dry-conditions-to-return-to-brazil-crop-impact-unclear-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.6% | -1.9% |
| CORN | 2018-01-23 | [Soybean harvest delays in Brazil much ado about nothing - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66833-soybean-harvest-delays-in-brazil-much-ado-about-nothing-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.4% | +2.0% |
| SOY | 2021-08-24 | [Central Iowa farmer says late season dryness and heat is robbing yield - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45412-central-iowa-farmer-says-late-season-dryness-and-heat-is-robbing-yield.md) | +0.8% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2018-10-16 | [Harvest challenges accounted for in latest USDA crop report - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62382-harvest-challenges-accounted-for-in-latest-usda-crop-report-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.7% | -2.2% |
| SOY | 2019-07-26 | [Dryness expands across parts of the Corn Belt - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57921-dryness-expands-across-parts-of-the-corn-belt-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -4.0% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/dryness-disease-pressure-impacting-early-harvest-yield-reports/

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