# Drought Status Update for the Midwest | March 6, 2025 | Drought.gov

> The U.S. Drought Monitor shows 43% of the Midwest in moderate to severe drought and another 25% abnormally dry as of March 6, 2025. Winter precipitation was below normal in Minnesota, Iowa, southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, and drought is expected to persist in several western areas while improving in parts of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.

- Date: 2025-03-06 · published 2025-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13101-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-march-6-2025-drought-gov
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Low subsoil moisture in the western Corn Belt raises the risk of yield shortfalls for corn and soybeans, which supports feed grain prices if dryness persists into summer.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-04-25 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest \| April 25, 2024 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13189-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-april-25-2024-drought-gov.md) | +0.7% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 2023-08-25 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest U.S. \| August 25, 2023 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13253-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-august-25-2023-drought-gov.md) | -2.2% | -9.0% |
| CORN | 2023-06-23 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest U.S. \| June 23, 2023 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13269-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-june-23-2023-drought-gov.md) | -8.6% | -15.1% |
| CORN | 2022-07-21 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest U.S. \| July 21, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13342-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-july-21-2022-drought-gov.md) | -5.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2023-12-07 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest \| December 7, 2023 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13220-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-december-7-2023-drought-gov.md) | -2.3% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2024-04-25 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest \| April 25, 2024 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13189-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-april-25-2024-drought-gov.md) | -0.9% | +6.9% |
| SOY | 2023-08-25 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest U.S. \| August 25, 2023 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13253-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-august-25-2023-drought-gov.md) | -0.4% | -5.1% |
| SOY | 2023-06-23 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest U.S. \| June 23, 2023 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13269-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-june-23-2023-drought-gov.md) | -1.2% | +0.0% |

## Sources

- drought.gov: https://www.drought.gov/drought-status-updates/drought-status-update-midwest-2025-03-06

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