# Drought expands across key US agricultural regions | Feed & Grain

> The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought expanding across major farm states, including Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin in the Midwest, and Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi in the South. Cotton and soybean crops in the South are reported under stress from low soil moisture and extreme heat.

- Date: 2024-10-24 · published 2024-10-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13146-drought-expands-across-key-us-agricultural-regions-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding drought across key corn and soybean states raises the risk to yields and planting prospects, which supports feed grain and oilseed prices.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-02-13 | [Drought conditions intensify across US, threatening crop yields \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13112-drought-conditions-intensify-across-us-threatening-crop-yields-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.7% | -6.8% |
| CORN | 2026-09-10 | [Midwest Drought Expands: Heat Wave Threatens Crops \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12963-midwest-drought-expands-heat-wave-threatens-crops-feed-and-grain.md) | +4.3% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2026-08-28 | [FAS - Foreign Agricultural Service (via Public) / India: Grain and Feed Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17881-fas-foreign-agricultural-service-via-public-india-grain-and-feed-update.md) | +0.6% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2023-06-29 | [US Midwest drought expands, but forecast rains offer relief to crops \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13268-us-midwest-drought-expands-but-forecast-rains-offer-relief-to-crops-reuters.md) | -2.5% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2023-02-09 | [Forecast: agricultural exports down US$13 billion from 2022 due to drought - Buenos Aires Herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13983-forecast-agricultural-exports-down-us-13-billion-from-2022-due-to-drought.md) | -1.3% | -5.2% |
| SOY | 2025-02-13 | [Drought conditions intensify across US, threatening crop yields \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13112-drought-conditions-intensify-across-us-threatening-crop-yields-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.7% | -3.0% |
| SOY | 2026-09-10 | [Midwest Drought Expands: Heat Wave Threatens Crops \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12963-midwest-drought-expands-heat-wave-threatens-crops-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.9% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2023-06-29 | [US Midwest drought expands, but forecast rains offer relief to crops \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13268-us-midwest-drought-expands-but-forecast-rains-offer-relief-to-crops-reuters.md) | +5.2% | +5.6% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/business-markets/commodities/news/15706679/drought-expands-across-key-us-agricultural-regions

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