# A wide-range of temps & weather across the Heartland and beyond - Brownfield Ag News

> Showers across the Corn Belt are providing moisture for filling corn and soybeans after a brief hot, dry spell. About 20% of US sorghum and 28% of cotton were rated very poor to poor by August 25, with Texas cotton in the worst condition.

- Date: 2024-08-28 · published 2024-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13161-a-wide-range-of-temps-and-weather-across-the-heartland-and-beyond-brownfield-ag
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Sorghum stress in drought-affected areas reduces expected supply, which can support sorghum prices and feed substitution demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-07-11 | [Favorable weather pattern across much of the Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63870-favorable-weather-pattern-across-much-of-the-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.5% | +9.5% |
| CORN | 2017-05-15 | [Warmer, drier weather settles across the Corn Belt - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70858-warmer-drier-weather-settles-across-the-corn-belt-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.5% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2024-04-15 | [Weather a driver for the grain markets - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13196-weather-a-driver-for-the-grain-markets-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.2% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2020-07-14 | [Rains on parts of the Plains, upper Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51957-rains-on-parts-of-the-plains-upper-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.1% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2017-04-28 | [Wheat supported by weather concerns - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71544-wheat-supported-by-weather-concerns-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.2% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/a-wide-range-of-temps-weather-across-the-heartland-and-beyond/

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