# Corn and Soybean Drought Conditions improve - Pro Farmer

> The U.S. Drought Monitor for July 29 shows 45% of the country in some level of abnormal dryness or drought, down slightly from the prior week. Drought exposure on corn acres fell to 7% and on soybean acres to 5%, with favorable Midwest forecasts expected to shrink drought further.

- Date: 2025-07-31 · published 2025-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13070-corn-and-soybean-drought-conditions-improve-pro-farmer
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Less acreage under drought stress lowers the weather premium in corn and soybeans, supporting bearish price pressure.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-05-30 | [Corn, soybean drought footprint almost gone - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13181-corn-soybean-drought-footprint-almost-gone-pro-farmer.md) | -4.0% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2025-06-26 | [Corn, soybean drought footprint continues to dwindle - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13077-corn-soybean-drought-footprint-continues-to-dwindle-pro-farmer.md) | +4.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2024-04-05 | [Drought Conditions Improving in Much of Midwest \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13192-drought-conditions-improving-in-much-of-midwest-red-river-farm-network.md) | -2.2% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2026-04-30 | [Rains in the southern U.S. lead to mild drought improvement - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13001-rains-in-the-southern-u-s-lead-to-mild-drought-improvement-pro-farmer.md) | -1.6% | -0.5% |
| CORN | 2019-02-26 | [More Improved South America Weather Conditions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60440-more-improved-south-america-weather-conditions.md) | -1.5% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2024-05-30 | [Corn, soybean drought footprint almost gone - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13181-corn-soybean-drought-footprint-almost-gone-pro-farmer.md) | -3.0% | -5.1% |
| SOY | 2025-06-26 | [Corn, soybean drought footprint continues to dwindle - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13077-corn-soybean-drought-footprint-continues-to-dwindle-pro-farmer.md) | +2.5% | -2.0% |
| SOY | 2024-04-05 | [Drought Conditions Improving in Much of Midwest \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13192-drought-conditions-improving-in-much-of-midwest-red-river-farm-network.md) | -1.8% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/news/agriculture-news/corn-and-soybean-drought-conditions-improve

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